anal-retentive Syllabification: (a·nal-re·ten·tive) PsychoanalysisDefinition of anal-retentive adjective (of a person) excessively orderly and fussy (supposedly owing to conflict over toilet-training in infancy). noun (also anal retentive) a person who is excessively orderly and fussy. Derivatives anal retention noun anal retentiveness noun anal-retentive in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of anal-retentive in the British & World English dictionary
