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noun
Synonyms (Entry 2 of 2)
- as in fluff, frothSynonyms & Near Synonyms
anal-retentive
variants: or anal retentive
Definition
- psychoanalytic theory
- : exhibiting or typifying personality traits (such as frugality and obstinacy) held to be psychological consequences of toilet training //Overextending psychic energy during the process of toilet training by holding back can result in fixating at the anal stage, creating an anal retentive personality as an adult. The anal retentive personality is characterized by the tendency to cope with conflicts later in life by demonstrating an extreme sense of cleanliness and orderliness, such as dusting furniture or waxing the car when troubled. — Bernardo J. Carducci —often used in nontechnical contexts to describe someone as extremely or excessively neat, careful, or precise //… is his father's clone—intense, focused, fuddy-duddy, severely anal-retentive, or as Archie puts it, "a neat freak." — Curry Kirkpatrick
Other Words
- anal retentive or anal-retentive noun, plural anal retentives or anal-retentives//Anal-retentives hoping to use PCs to organize their lives … — The Washington Post
- anal retentiveness or anal-retentiveness noun //… maybe it's my anal retentiveness, my futile attempts to bring order to a chaotic world. Who knows? All I know is there's no more beautiful sight than firewood stacked in long, perfect rows. — Craig Wilson
First Known Use
1936, in the meaning defined aboveanal-retentive
adjective
Synonyms & Antonyms
- extremely or overly neat, careful, or precise //My anal-retentive brother keeps records of everything that happens in his life.Synonyms & Near Synonymsadamant adamantine bullheaded dogged hard hardened hardheaded hard-nosed headstrong immovable implacable inconvincible inflexible intransigent mulish obdurate obstinate opinionated ossified pat pertinacious perverse pigheaded self-opinionated self-willed stiff-necked stubborn unbending uncompromising unrelenting unyielding willful (or wilful)determined hell-bent inexorable persistent relentless resolved set single-minded steadfast stouthearted tenacious unflinchingbloody-minded [chiefly British] cantankerous<Antonyms & Near Antonyms
uncolored
noun
Synonyms (Entry 2 of 2)
- as in fluff, frothSynonyms & Near Synonyms
anal-retentive
variants: or anal retentive
Definition
- psychoanalytic theory
- : exhibiting or typifying personality traits (such as frugality and obstinacy) held to be psychological consequences of toilet training //Overextending psychic energy during the process of toilet training by holding back can result in fixating at the anal stage, creating an anal retentive personality as an adult. The anal retentive personality is characterized by the tendency to cope with conflicts later in life by demonstrating an extreme sense of cleanliness and orderliness, such as dusting furniture or waxing the car when troubled. — Bernardo J. Carducci —often used in nontechnical contexts to describe someone as extremely or excessively neat, careful, or precise //… is his father's clone—intense, focused, fuddy-duddy, severely anal-retentive, or as Archie puts it, "a neat freak." — Curry Kirkpatrick
Other Words
- anal retentive or anal-retentive noun, plural anal retentives or anal-retentives//Anal-retentives hoping to use PCs to organize their lives … — The Washington Post
- anal retentiveness or anal-retentiveness noun //… maybe it's my anal retentiveness, my futile attempts to bring order to a chaotic world. Who knows? All I know is there's no more beautiful sight than firewood stacked in long, perfect rows. — Craig Wilson
First Known Use
1936, in the meaning defined aboveanal-retentive
adjective
Synonyms & Antonyms
- extremely or overly neat, careful, or precise //My anal-retentive brother keeps records of everything that happens in his life.<Synonyms & Near Synonymsadamant adamantine bullheaded dogged hard hardened hardheaded hard-nosed headstrong immovable implacable inconvincible inflexible intransigent mulish obdurate obstinate opinionated ossified pat pertinacious perverse pigheaded self-opinionated self-willed stiff-necked stubborn unbending uncompromising unrelenting unyielding willful (or wilful)determined hell-bent inexorable persistent relentless resolved set single-minded steadfast stouthearted tenacious unflinchingbloody-minded [chiefly British] cantankerous