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A sudden anger (from “abrupt” ~ “suddenly”, from Middle High German gāch , “hurried, suddenly, hastily”) is an anger against a certain person or thing that breaks out for the smallest of reasons or suddenly . It is seen as affect .

In a broader sense, quick anger is the psychological disposition to be prone to such fits of anger . Such a person is called irascible . In 1788, Adolph Freiherr Knigge devoted a separate chapter to “Dealing with the irate” in his book On Dealing with People .

Small children can sometimes have spontaneous fits of anger, especially during the so-called defiant phase . Anger is also a characteristic of attention deficit disorder .

Pathological irascibility is described in clinical psychology as intermittent explosive disorder (IED) and as a disorder of impulse control ( DSM-IV 16, ICD-10 F63).

Anger can lead to anger , but anger usually does not lead to anger.

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  1. See for example Jürgen Martin: The 'Ulmer Wundarznei'. Introduction - Text - Glossary on a monument to German specialist prose from the 15th century. Königshausen & Neumann, Würzburg 1991 (= Würzburg medical-historical research. Volume 52), ISBN 3-88479-801-4 (also medical dissertation Würzburg 1990), p. 128 ("gaech -" / "gaeh-" under gāchlīche and gāchmuotec ) .