anal retentive

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Related to anal retentive: Obsessive compulsive disorder, Type A personality, Oral fixation

anal retentive

(Psychoanalysis) a person who exhibits anal personality traits

adj

(Psychoanalysis) exhibiting anal personality traits

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Adj.

anal 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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