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anal retentive

adjective (a)

  • a stage in psychosexual development when the child's interest is concentrated on the anal region; fixation at this stage is said to result in orderliness, meanness, stubbornness, compulsiveness, etc.(adj.all)
    Synonym:
    anal
    Antonym:
    oral
    source: wordnet30
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