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ANAL RETENTIVE PERSONALITY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(psychoanalysis) a personality characterized by meticulous neatness and suspicion and reserve; said to be formed in early childhood by fixation during the anal stage of development (usually as a consequence of toilet training)
Synonyms:
anal personality; anal retentive personality
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("anal retentive personality" is a kind of...):
personality (the complex of all the attributes--behavioral, temperamental, emotional and mental--that characterize a unique individual)
Domain category:
analysis; depth psychology; psychoanalysis (a set of techniques for exploring underlying motives and a method of treating various mental disorders; based on the theories of Sigmund Freud)
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