anal retentive

Adjective
  1. 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. (synset 300110777)
    referred to in: analysis, depth psychology, psychoanalysis - a set of techniques for exploring underlying motives and a method of treating various mental disorders; based on the theories of Sigmund Freud
    same as: anal

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