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anal-retentive

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a·nal-re·ten·tive (nl-r-tntv)
adj. Psychology
Indicating personality traits, such as meticulousness, avarice, and obstinacy, originating in habits, attitudes, or values associated with infantile pleasure in retention of feces.
anal-retentive
Adjective
(of a person) excessively fussy and concerned with order and minute details
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