This fear was amplified when, only three days after the Court decided to hear these cases in December, Justice Antonin Scalia responded to a student question at Princeton University by remarking that society might have legitimate "moral feelings" against homosexuality.
In Germany, that fear is amplified by the government's recent overhaul of the labor market, which has scaled back the country's generous unemployment benefits.
For example, fear is amplified as the degree of danger, the undesirability and/or likelihood of an outcome, increases.
"The problem that Brandeis feared is amplified," said Jeffrey Rosen, an associate professor of law at George Washington University and the author of "The Unwanted Gaze," which traces the erosion of privacy.
My fears are amplified by the threat of Trump winning, but at the end of the day, I don't want to be against you.
Many Muslims are immigrants who come from countries where police are corrupt and brutal, and whose fears are amplified by what some perceive to be an anti-Muslim atmosphere in the United States.
These fears are amplified by a growing concern that farming is on the cusp of a digital revolution that could allow the agribusiness to exert unprecedented control over farmers.
It seems this issue is amplified by the prolific use of images.
This is amplified within complex public sector structures.
This is amplified by the fact that only a faction of hopeful acts ever gets signed.
