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anal retentive

adjective

  1. having an anal character.


noun

  1. a person who is anal retentive.

anal retentive

noun

  1. a person who exhibits anal personality traits
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. exhibiting anal personality traits
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of anal retentive1

First recorded in 1935–40
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The eldest also intimated that the mother was a mild anal retentive personality.

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Patsy archly described someone as so anal retentive “she couldn’t sit down for fear of sucking up the furniture!â€

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When someone is categorized as being anal retentive it refers to Freud’s anal psychosexual stage.

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"I'm a weird combination of anal retentive and anal expulsive," he says while standing in front of a giant refrigerator crammed with film.

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Without thinking, I put the petal into the bowl because I'm anal retentive and controlling and don't really enjoy, or even understand ornaments.

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