anal-retentive
Adjective
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Adjective
anal-retentive
- (Freudian psychology) Preoccupied with achieving perfection, order and control and with collecting, possessing, and retaining objects.
- (by extension) Overly obsessive concerning small details.
- anal
- See also Thesaurus:fastidious
- German: analfixiert, pingelig, ordnungsliebend, minutiös, genau, akribisch, peinlich, etepetete, bürgerlich, spießig
- Portuguese: anal-retentivo
- German: kleinlich, pedantisch, übergenau, überkorrekt, etepetete, penibel, übergenau, kleinkariert
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