obsessive-compulsive

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Relating to or characterized by a tendency to dwell on unwanted thoughts or ideas or perform certain repetitious rituals, especially as a defense against anxiety from unconscious conflicts: obsessive-compulsive behavior.

An obsessive-compulsive person.

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Noun	1.	obsessive-compulsive - a person with obsessive-compulsive characteristics mental case, neurotic, psychoneurotic - a person suffering from neurosis
Adj.	1.	obsessive-compulsive - characterized by obsessions and compulsions; "obsessive-compulsive neurosis" psychoneurotic, neurotic - affected with emotional disorder

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