单词	anal-retentiveness
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-retentiveness noun as in wrongheadedness Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance wrongheadedness perversity bullheadedness waywardness obdurateness pigheadedness perverseness intransigence stubbornness mulishness hardheadedness obduracy self-opinionatedness inflexibility opinionatedness obstinacy doggedness inexorability inveteracy persistence tenaciousness implacability pertinacity adamancy tenacity steadfastness strictness adamance obstinateness pertinaciousness perseverance rigidity relentlessness persistency single-mindedness willfulness sternness rigorousness resolve recalcitrancy stick-to-itiveness cantankerousness unruliness self-will recalcitrance rigidness determination hardness cussedness obstreperousness intractability firmness immovability bloody-mindedness rebelliousness immovableness insubordination contrariness narrow-mindedness rigor disobedience frowardness balkiness refractoriness contumacy defiance Antonyms & Near Antonyms receptiveness receptivity reasonableness acceptance acquiescence flexibility reasonability pliability compliance pliancy subordination obedience broad-mindedness willingness docility open-mindedness subordinateness pliableness submission pliantness surrender slavishness subservience yielding subserviency See More
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