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The [[word]] panic derives from the [[Greek]] πανικός, "pertaining to [[shepherd]] god Pan", who took amusement from [[frightening]] herds of goats and sheep into sudden bursts of uncontrollable [[fear]]. The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greece ancient Greeks] credited the [[battle]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marathon Marathon]'s victory to Pan, using his name for the frenzied, frantic [[fear]] exhibited by the fleeing [[enemy]] soldiers.
The [[word]] panic derives from the [[Greek]] πανικός, "pertaining to [[shepherd]] god Pan", who took amusement from [[frightening]] herds of goats and sheep into sudden bursts of uncontrollable [[fear]]. The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greece ancient Greeks] credited the [[battle]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marathon Marathon]'s victory to Pan, using his name for the frenzied, frantic [[fear]] exhibited by the fleeing [[enemy]] soldiers.
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==Definitions==
==Definitions==
*1: of, relating to, or resembling the [[mental]] or [[emotional]] state believed induced by the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan god Pan] <panic [[fear]]>
*1: of, relating to, or resembling the [[mental]] or [[emotional]] state believed induced by the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan god Pan] <panic [[fear]]>
*2: of, relating to, or arising from a panic <panic buying>
*2: of, relating to, or arising from a panic <panic buying>
*3: of or relating to the god Pan
*3: of or relating to the god Pan
==Description==
==Description==
'''Panic''' is a sudden [[sensation]] of [[fear]] which is so [[strong]] as to [[dominate]] or prevent reason and [[logical]] [[thinking]], replacing it with overwhelming feelings of [[anxiety]] and frantic [[agitation]] consistent with an animalistic fight-or-flight [[reaction]]. Panic may occur singularly in [[individuals]] or [[manifest]] suddenly in large groups as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_panic mass panic] (closely related to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herd_behavior herd behavior]).
'''Panic''' is a sudden [[sensation]] of [[fear]] which is so [[strong]] as to [[dominate]] or prevent reason and [[logical]] [[thinking]], replacing it with overwhelming feelings of [[anxiety]] and frantic [[agitation]] consistent with an animalistic fight-or-flight [[reaction]]. Panic may occur singularly in [[individuals]] or [[manifest]] suddenly in large groups as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_panic mass panic] (closely related to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herd_behavior herd behavior]).