Usually means: Excessive orderliness, perfectionism, and control.
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We found 18 dictionaries that define the word obsessive-compulsive:

General (14 matching dictionaries)
  1. obsessive-compulsive: Merriam-Webster
  2. obsessive-compulsive: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. obsessive-compulsive: Vocabulary.com
  4. Obsessive-Compulsive, Obsessive-compulsive, obsessive-compulsive: Wordnik
  5. obsessive-compulsive: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. obsessive-compulsive: Wiktionary
  7. obsessive-compulsive: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. obsessive-compulsive: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. obsessive-compulsive: Dictionary.com
  10. obsessive-compulsive: Rhymezone
  11. obsessive-compulsive: FreeDictionary.org
  12. obsessive-compulsive: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. obsessive-compulsive: TheFreeDictionary.com
  14. Obsessive-compulsive: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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  1. obsessive-compulsive: Encyclopedia

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. obsessive-compulsive: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  3. obsessive-compulsive: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (obsessive-compulsive)

▸ adjective:  Characterized by obsessions and compulsions, especially by the need to perform repetitive tasks.

Similar:
neurotic, psychoneurotic, trichotillomanic, polysurgical, hypergonadotropic, pseudoaddicted, eating-disordered, valetudinarian, hypercholeretic, unhealthy, more...

Opposite:
laid-back, relaxed, easy-going, carefree

Phrases:
obsessive-compulsive disorder, obsessive-compulsive personality, obsessive-compulsive neurosis, obsessive-compulsive disorders, obsessive-compulsive syndrome, more...

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Similar:
neurotic, psychoneurotic, trichotillomanic, polysurgical, hypergonadotropic, pseudoaddicted, eating-disordered, valetudinarian, hypercholeretic, unhealthy, more...

Opposite:
laid-back, relaxed, easy-going, carefree

Phrases:
obsessive-compulsive disorder, obsessive-compulsive personality, obsessive-compulsive neurosis, obsessive-compulsive disorders, obsessive-compulsive syndrome, Dimensional Obsessive-Compulsive Scale, more...



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