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Categories: Toilet training, Articles with short description, Freudian psychology, Psychoanalytic terminology
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anal personality  anal retentive personality  anal retentiveness  Anal retentive  anal-retentive
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(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) WordNet 3.0
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(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) WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
An anal retentive person is a person who pays such attention to detail that it becomes an obsession and may be an annoyance to others. Wikipedia
A person overly uptight or distressed over ordinarily minor problems Wikipedia Disambiguation
The act of paying such attention to detail that it becomes an obsession Wikidata