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[9] [116] Furthermore, the opposite of anger is a kind of insensibility, Aristotle stated. [9] The difference in people's temperaments was generally viewed as a result of the different mix of qualities or humors people contained. Seneca held that "red-haired and red-faced people are hot-tempered because of excessive hot and dry humors". [9]
Curmudgeon: [13] An ill-tempered, grumpy or surly old man (although the term is most often applied to old men, it can be used more broadly: for example, in the 2008 film Marley & Me, John Grogan, a forty-year-old man, is called a curmudgeon for complaining about the prevalence of aesthetically ugly high-rise condos popping up in his city).
When reflecting human emotion and behavior, it is commonly defined as the tendency to react to stimuli with negative affective states (especially anger) and temper outbursts, which can be aggressive. Distressing or impairing irritability is important from a mental health perspective as a common symptom of concern and predictor of clinical outcomes.
Tennis star Roger Federer was a guest on Running Wild With Bear Grylls, in the Swiss Alps. While the winner of 19 grand slams was there, he opened up about the bad temper he had in the beginning ...
Sic semper tyrannis is a Latin phrase meaning "thus always to tyrants".In contemporary parlance, it means tyrannical leaders will inevitably be overthrown. The phrase also suggests that bad but justified outcomes should, or eventually will, befall tyrants.
Academics at the University of Essex found children who exhibited behavior like bullying and throwing temper tantrums were likely to earn more money than other children in their 40s, according to ...
A tantrum, angry outburst, temper tantrum, lash out, meltdown, fit, or hissy fit is an emotional outburst, [1] [2] [3] usually associated with those in emotional distress. It is typically characterized by stubbornness , crying , screaming , violence , [ 4 ] defiance , [ 5 ] angry ranting , a resistance to attempts at pacification, and in some ...
His father trained him for 13 hours a day. Now Si Jiahui is closing in on the final of the World Snooker Championship in a bid to be the sport’s youngest ever champion