单词	anal-retentive
释义	anal-retentive adjective anal-re·​ten·​tive ˈā-nᵊl-ri-ˈten-tiv  variants or anal retentive 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 anal retentive noun or anal-retentive plural anal retentives or anal-retentives Anal-retentives hoping to use PCs to organize their lives … The Washington Post anal retentiveness noun or anal-retentiveness … 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 Word History First Known Use 1936, in the meaning defined above Medical Definition anal-retentive 1 of 2 adjective anal-re·​ten·​tive variants or anal retentive ˈān-ᵊl-ri-ˈten-tiv  : characterized by personality traits (as frugality and obstinacy) held to be psychological sequelae of toilet training : anal sense 2b anal retentive 2 of 2 noun variants or anal-retentive : an anal-retentive individual anal-retentive adjective as in obsessive extremely or overly neat, careful, or precise My anal-retentive brother keeps records of everything that happens in his life. Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance obsessive stubborn dogged strict adamant severe willful iron hard bullheaded intransigent mulish pigheaded unrelenting uncompromising perverse unbending wayward hardheaded obdurate implacable inflexible wrongheaded obstinate pertinacious opinionated steadfast hardened relentless headstrong rigid unyielding pat tenacious persistent ossified determined immovable inexorable single-minded cantankerous hidebound hard-nosed adamantine stern unflinching self-willed stouthearted wilful stiff-necked resolved self-opinionated inconvincible recalcitrant firm hell-bent insubordinate uncooperative hard-line bloody-minded set unmanageable disobedient narrow-minded unruly intractable contumacious mutinous hard-shelled refractory contrary defiant ungovernable cussed exacting hard-shell insurgent inveterate indomitable demanding froward invincible unregenerate unconquerable confirmed Antonyms & Near Antonyms obedient docile submissive tractable receptive willing reasonable responsive slavish placable accepting temperate subservient compliant persuadable flexible manageable amenable acquiescent agreeable governable complying pliant pliable yielding relenting See More
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