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anal personality

DEFINITIONS OF: anal personality

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n (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)

Synonyms:
anal retentive personality
Type of:
personality
the complex of all the attributes--behavioral, temperamental, emotional and mental--that characterize a unique individual
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