anal-retentive

See also: anal retentive

English

Etymology

From anal +‎ retentive. First use appears c. 1936 in the writings of Marjorie Brierley.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

anal-retentive (comparative more anal-retentive, superlative most anal-retentive)

(psychology, Freudian) Preoccupied with achieving perfection, order and control and with collecting, possessing, and retaining objects.
Coordinate term: anal-expulsive
(by extension) Overly obsessive concerning small details.

Synonyms

anal
See also Thesaurus:fastidious

Derived terms

anal-retentiveness

Translations

preoccupied with achieving order

Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: anaalis-retentiivinen
German: analfixiert, pingelig (de), ordnungsliebend, minutiös (de), genau (de), akribisch (de), peinlich (de), etepetete (de), bürgerlich (de), spießig (de)
Portuguese: anal-retentivo m

overly obsessive concerning small details

Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: anaalis-retentiivinen
German: kleinlich (de), pedantisch (de), übergenau (de), überkorrekt, etepetete (de), penibel (de), übergenau (de), kleinkariert (de), zwanghaft (de), obsessiv (de), gehemmt (de), verklemmt (de)
Portuguese: controlador (pt) m, neurótico (pt) m, obsessivo (pt) m

Further reading

anal-retentive on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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