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anal retentive
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anal retentive Psychoanal
n
(Psychoanalysis) a person who exhibits anal personality traits
adj anal-retentive
(Psychoanalysis) exhibiting anal personality traits
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Adj.1.anal retentive - a stage in psychosexual development when the child's interest is concentrated on the anal regionanal retentive - a stage in psychosexual development when the child's interest is concentrated on the anal region; fixation at this stage is said to result in orderliness, meanness, stubbornness, compulsiveness, etc.
anal
depth psychology, psychoanalysis, analysis - a set of techniques for exploring underlying motives and a method of treating various mental disorders; based on the theories of Sigmund Freud; "his physician recommended psychoanalysis"
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I had never met Peter before and I was fraught with my usual preacher anal-retentiveness.
Requiem to Jim: a friend, like Jesus, first believes in you by Webber, David / Presbyterian Record
Scott's teaching methods are really the protocols of anal-retentiveness (the triangle formed by the side- and rear-view mirrors is a mystical zone for him), and they are hilarious, until we realize that these rituals form a crumbling dike against the sea of his madness.
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The sacred aside, Wery, who refuses to throw away anything from her studio, even every last drop of paint, fresh or dried, is far too busy to worry about school ties, whatever this might have to say about blowing the lid on anal-retentiveness.
Paige Wery by Russell, Christopher / ArtUS
 
 
 
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