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temper tantrum

a violent outburst of anger commonly occurring between the ages of 2 and 4 and involving such behavior as screaming, kicking, biting, hitting, and head banging. The episodes are usually out of proportion to immediate provocation and sometimes regarded as an expression of accumulated tensions and frustrations. Also called tantrum. See also oppositional defiant disorder.

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melancholia

n. an archaic name for depression. —melancholic adj.