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Definition of anal-retentive in English: anal-retentiveadjectiveˌeɪnəlrəˈtɛntɪvˈeɪnl riˈtɛntɪv Psychoanalysis Excessively orderly and fussy (supposedly owing to conflict over toilet-training in infancy). Example sentencesExamples - He knew from experience not to try to force others into the same anal-retentive habits he had.
- And here's the proof: a glorious four-CD retrospective that gathers album tracks, B-sides and rarities for fans and anal-retentive obsessives alike - and it's a joy.
- A sleeper hit in Britain, Leaves has managed to bring both professional editors and amateur anal-retentive sticklers out of the closet to exalt the splendor of semicolons, the cunning of commas, the debonair of the dash.
- The mechanics at Hawk are very good at getting them absolutely immaculate, just the way I like them because they are the kind of anal-retentive people like me who like to get the bike so it's clean enough to eat your dinner off.
- You've gotta be a micromanaging, anal-retentive control freak.
nounˌeɪnəlrəˈtɛntɪvˈeɪnl riˈtɛntɪv Psychoanalysis A person who is excessively orderly and fussy. Example sentencesExamples - The stuff you buy is the old pure beer, brewed and fermented by anal-retentives from ancient recipes.
- The lyrics are at once sensitive, dramatic, and tragic, but so entertaining that even the anal-retentive could lose themselves in the sheer buzz of it all.
- But, once again, we're just being anal-retentives so don't mind us.
- The last couple of weeks have seen my routine disrupted, which is traumatic for us anal-retentives.
- Now there's an anal-retentive if I ever saw one.
Phrases Example sentencesExamples - His anal retentiveness - he must, must, MUST wipe the seat every time he sits down at their local coffee house - and perfect timing makes him one of the most endearing characters in television history.
- Her short and sweet set consisted of three numbers: three funny, neurotic anecdotes about cats, anal retentiveness and the apocalypse.
- Indeed, I would like to see a Freudian interpretation of social values related to constipation that particularly explores anal retentiveness and the use of dilators, vibrators and colonic irrigation as methods of prevention and cure.
- ‘Not to stereotype accountants, but it's good to have that anal retentiveness in the way that we look at stocks,’ says Fort.
- I can't even begin to think of anything to say about this, but thought I would offer it up to the greater glory of anal retentiveness in all its myriad and glorious forms.
Derivatives noun Psychoanalysis Isn't a slavish attention to deadline little more than journalistic anal retention? Example sentencesExamples - The logic leap in the revamped The Stepford Wives, which is real, also is a bit of anal retention that, like checking your watch, is a good indicator that you really aren't into the movie.
- We use the same techniques in breaking in a glove as the position players do, there's just not as much anal retention going on.
- And, I know it's an unusual analogy, but he seriously walks like a duck with severe anal retention.
- Sadly, directors Andrew Begg and Mark Williams have missed the opportunity to gently probe the peculiarity of this specialist subject and investigate the darker recesses of anal retention.
noun Psychoanalysis I can't even begin to think of anything to say about this, but thought I would offer it up to the greater glory of anal retentiveness in all its myriad and glorious forms. Example sentencesExamples - Indeed, I would like to see a Freudian interpretation of social values related to constipation that particularly explores anal retentiveness and the use of dilators, vibrators and colonic irrigation as methods of prevention and cure.
- ‘Not to stereotype accountants, but it's good to have that anal retentiveness in the way that we look at stocks,’ says Fort.
- His anal retentiveness - he must, must, MUST wipe the seat every time he sits down at their local coffee house - and perfect timing makes him one of the most endearing characters in television history.
- Her short and sweet set consisted of three numbers: three funny, neurotic anecdotes about cats, anal retentiveness and the apocalypse.
Definition of anal-retentive in US English: anal-retentiveadjectiveˈeɪnl riˈtɛntɪv Psychoanalysis (of a person) excessively orderly and fussy (supposedly owing to conflict over toilet-training in infancy). Example sentencesExamples - A sleeper hit in Britain, Leaves has managed to bring both professional editors and amateur anal-retentive sticklers out of the closet to exalt the splendor of semicolons, the cunning of commas, the debonair of the dash.
- He knew from experience not to try to force others into the same anal-retentive habits he had.
- You've gotta be a micromanaging, anal-retentive control freak.
- The mechanics at Hawk are very good at getting them absolutely immaculate, just the way I like them because they are the kind of anal-retentive people like me who like to get the bike so it's clean enough to eat your dinner off.
- And here's the proof: a glorious four-CD retrospective that gathers album tracks, B-sides and rarities for fans and anal-retentive obsessives alike - and it's a joy.
nounˈeɪnl riˈtɛntɪv also anal retentivePsychoanalysis A person who is excessively orderly and fussy. Example sentencesExamples - The stuff you buy is the old pure beer, brewed and fermented by anal-retentives from ancient recipes.
- Now there's an anal-retentive if I ever saw one.
- The last couple of weeks have seen my routine disrupted, which is traumatic for us anal-retentives.
- But, once again, we're just being anal-retentives so don't mind us.
- The lyrics are at once sensitive, dramatic, and tragic, but so entertaining that even the anal-retentive could lose themselves in the sheer buzz of it all.
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