anal retentive personality
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1. (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) (noun.attribute)
| hypernym | : | personality, |
| definition | : | the complex of all the attributes--behavioral, temperamental, emotional and mental--that characterize a unique individual (noun.attribute) |
| domain category | : | analysis, depth psychology, psychoanalysis, |
| definition | : | a set of techniques for exploring underlying motives and a method of treating various mental disorders; based on the theories of Sigmund Freud (noun.act) |
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