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anal-retentive
(anal-retentive)
Psychoanalysis
adjective
excessively orderly and fussy (supposedly owing to conflict over toilet-training in infancy).
noun
a person who is excessively orderly and fussy.
Derivatives
anal retention
noun
anal retentiveness
noun
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