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    ANAL PERSONALITY

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    (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)play

    Synonyms:

    anal personality; anal retentive personality

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

    Hypernyms ("anal personality" is a kind of...):

    personality (the complex of all the attributes--behavioral, temperamental, emotional and mental--that characterize a unique individual)

    Domain category:

    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)

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