anal-retentive

See also: anal retentive

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Adjective

anal-retentive (comparative more anal-retentive, superlative most anal-retentive)

1. (Freudian psychology) Preoccupied with achieving perfection, order and control and with collecting, possessing, and retaining objects.
2. (by extension) Overly obsessive concerning small details.

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Translations

preoccupied with achieving order

• Finnish: anaalis-retentiivinen
• German: analfixiert, pingelig (de), ordnungsliebend, minutiös (de), genau (de), akribisch (de), peinlich (de)

• Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

overly obsessive concerning small details

• Finnish: anaalis-retentiivinen
• German: kleinlich (de), pedantisch (de), übergenau (de), überkorrekt

• Mandarin: please add this translation if you can