Usually means: Obsessive need for order, control.
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  1. anal-retentiveness, anal retentiveness: Merriam-Webster
  2. anal retentiveness: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. Anal retentiveness: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  4. Anal retentiveness: TheFreeDictionary.com

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. anal retentiveness: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Anal retentiveness, Anal retentiveness: Medical dictionary

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▸ noun:  a personality trait that is characterized by excessive concern with details.


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