anal retentive personality

Noun
  1. (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) (synset 104626440)
    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
    is a type of: personality - the complex of all the attributes--behavioral, temperamental, emotional and mental--that characterize a unique individual
    same as: anal personality

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