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Terror may refer to:

• Fear, an emotional response to threats and danger
• Horror and terror, standard literary and psychological concepts, especially as applied to Gothic literature
• Terrorism, a policy or act intended to intimidate or cause terror, usually for the furtherance of ideological goals
• State-sponsored terrorism, terrorism sponsored by nation-states
• State terrorism, acts of terrorism conducted by governments
• Political repression, persecution of individuals or groups for political reasons, often a policy of some states towards their own citizens