"anal-retentive" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Audio: En-au-anal_retentive.ogg [Australia] Forms: more anal-retentive [comparative], most anal-retentive [superlative]
Etymology: anal + retentive. First use appears c. 1936 in the writings of Marjorie Brierley. Etymology templates: {{com|en|anal|retentive}} anal + retentive Head templates: {{en-adj}} anal-retentive (comparative more anal-retentive, superlative most anal-retentive)
  1. (psychology, Freudian) Preoccupied with achieving perfection, order and control and with collecting, possessing, and retaining objects. Categories (topical): Psychology Translations (preoccupied with achieving order): anaalis-retentiivinen (Finnish), analfixiert (German), pingelig (German), ordnungsliebend (German), minutiös (German), genau (German), akribisch (German), peinlich (German), etepetete (German), bürgerlich (German), spießig (German), anal-retentivo [masculine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-anal-retentive-en-adj-P9rine83 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 88 12 Topics: human-sciences, psychology, sciences Disambiguation of 'preoccupied with achieving order': 94 6
  2. (by extension) Overly obsessive concerning small details. Tags: broadly Translations (overly obsessive concerning small details): anaalis-retentiivinen (Finnish), kleinlich (German), pedantisch (German), übergenau (German), überkorrekt (German), etepetete (German), penibel (German), kleinkariert (German), zwanghaft (German), obsessiv (German), gehemmt (German), verklemmt (German), controlador [masculine] (Portuguese), neurótico [masculine] (Portuguese), obsessivo [masculine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-anal-retentive-en-adj-lcdnJD4u Disambiguation of 'overly obsessive concerning small details': 1 99
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: anal Derived forms: anal-retentiveness

Alternative forms

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