anal retentive

Adjective

Meaning

a stage in psychosexual development when the child's interest is concentrated on the anal region; fixation at this stage is said to result in orderliness, meanness, stubbornness, compulsiveness, etc.

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Alternative names

anal-retentive

Synonyms

anal prissy prim particular refined nice pedantic scrupulous fastidious dainty fussy punctilious pernickety old-womanish choosy
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Antonyms

oral anal-expulsive

Close letter words and terms

anal pleasure anal pore anal region anal retentive personality anal ring anal sac