the characteristic or psychological state of being anal
anality in American English
(eiˈnælɪti)
nounWord forms: plural-ties
Psychoanalysis
the condition or quality of having an anal character; collectively, the personality traits characteristic of the anal stage of psychosexual development
Word origin
[1935–40; anal + -ity]This word is first recorded in the period 1935–40. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: blitz, complementation, fluorocarbon, roadblock, roomette-ity is a suffix used to form abstract nouns expressing state or condition. Other wordsthat use the affix -ity include: Latinity, civility, jollity