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Furor

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. A general commotion; public disorder or uproar.

n. Violent anger; frenzy.

n. A fashion adopted enthusiastically by the public; a fad.

n. A state of intense excitement or ecstasy.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. A general uproar or commotion

n. Violent anger or frenzy

n. A state of intense excitement

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. an interest followed with exaggerated zeal; a fad.

n. a sudden outburst (as of protest).

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. Fury; rage; mania; specifically, an overpowering passion for or on account of something.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. an interest followed with exaggerated zeal

n. a sudden outburst (as of protest)

Word Usage

"Christopher L. Peterson, a law professor at the University of Utah who has criticized the record-keeping company's business model in scholarly articles, says the foreclosure furor is a serious challenge to MERS because the documentation problems show the company is doing an end run around hundreds of years of American property law."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

fashion

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

frenzy fad

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