anankastic

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ænənˈkæstɪk/

Adjective

anankastic

1. (linguistics) Imperative, as in the anankastic conditional.
2. (psychology) Characterised by compulsion; obsessive-compulsive.
   • 1991: ‘You’re a classic anal-retentive,’ he says, ‘tirelessly absorbed by minutiae, anankastic in the extreme – it’s lucky you have me to deal with the broad sweep of things, to do the abstract thinking.’ — Will Self, ‘Mono-Cellular’, The Quantity Theory of Insanity

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