anal-expulsive


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a·nal-ex·pul·sive

(ā′nəl-ĭk-spŭl′sĭv)
adj.
Indicating personality traits, such as conceit, ambition, and generosity, supposed by psychoanalytic theory to originate during the anal stage in habits, attitudes, or values associated with infantile pleasure in the expulsion of feces.
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