anniversary reaction
noun
a psychological reaction, as depression, occurring at a regularly fixed time and associated with the recollection of an emotionally upsetting past experience, as loss of a loved one.
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a person who acts as though he or she knows everything and who dismisses the opinions, comments, or suggestions of others.
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annihilator, anniston, anniv., anniversary, anniversary day, anniversary reaction, anno aetatis suae, anno domini, anno hebraico, anno hejirae, anno mundi
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