anal retentive personality

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anal retentive personality - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  anal retentive personality
      n 1: (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)
           [syn: anal personality, anal retentive personality]