panic
sudden sensation of fear, which is so strong as to dominate or prevent reason and logical thinking
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Summary
panic draws 2,600 Wikipedia views per month (negative emotion category, ranking #22 of 34).[1]
Key Facts
- Named after: Pan[2]
- Subclass of: fear[3]
- Part of: theory of emotion[4], psychological terminology[5]
- Commons category: Panic (emotion)[6]
- Opposite of: Don't panic[7]
- Described by source: Otto's encyclopedia[8], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[9], Sytin Military Encyclopedia[10], Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language[11], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[12]
- Equivalent class: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NBO_0000247[13], http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/MFOEM_000164[14], http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/OMIT_0011202[15]
- NCI Thesaurus ID: C94438[16]
- Different from: Panik[17], Panic[18]
- P14439: 000855[19]
- P14541: tzYno[20]
Why It Matters
panic has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] panic is known by 37 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]