Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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anal retentive personality | Yes | No | No | No |
personality | Yes | No | No | No |
anal retentive personality (noun) | personality (noun) |
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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) | the complex of all the attributes--behavioral, temperamental, emotional and mental--that characterize a unique individual |
a person of considerable prominence |