OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

An anxiety disorder characterized by recurrent and persistent thoughts and feelings and repetitive, ritualized behaviors

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("obsessive-compulsive disorder" is a kind of...):

anxiety disorder (a cover term for a variety of mental disorders in which severe anxiety is a salient symptom)

Derivation:

obsessive-compulsive (a person with obsessive-compulsive characteristics)

obsessive-compulsive (characterized by obsessions and compulsions)

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