Uk English Meaning of anal retentive

anal retentive

Other Uk English words related to anal retentive

synonyms

• adamant
• determined
• obsessive
• strict
• stubborn
• adamantine
• stubborn
• cantankerous
• hard
• Hard line
• hardened
• hardheaded
• hard-nosed
• headstrong
• Hidebound
• immovable
• implacable
• inexorable
• inflexible
• intransigent
• Iron
• stubborn
• obstinate
• stubborn
• Opinionated
• Ossified
• pat
• persistent
• Pertinacious
• perverse
• pig-headed
• relentless
• Resolved
• rigid
• self-willed
• severe
• single-minded
• steadfast
• stern
• tenacious
• unbending
• uncompromising
• unflinching
• relentless
• unyielding
• wayward
• wilful
• willful
• wrongheaded
• bloody-minded
• confirmed
• contrary
• contumacious
• cursed
• defiant
• demanding
• determined
• disobedient
• demanding
• firm
• froward
• hard-shelled
• hard-shelled
• hell-bent
• invincible
• indomitable
• insubordinate
• insurgent
• intractable
• inveterate
• Invincible
• mutinous
• Narrow-minded
• recalcitrant
• refractory
• Opinionated
• set
• Stiff-necked
• stouthearted
• unconquerable
• uncooperative
• Ungovernable
• unmanageable
• unregenerate
• unruly

antonyms

• docile
• obedient
• reasonable
• receptive
• responsive
• submissive
• tractable
• willing
• Accepting
• compliant
• manageable
• persuadable
• placable
• slavish
• subservient
• temperate
• acquiescent
• agreeable
• Amenable
• flexible
• Governable
• pliable
• pliable
• yielding
• compliant

Definitions and Meaning of anal retentive in English

Wordnet

anal retentive (a)

a stage in psychosexual development when the child's interest is concentrated on the anal region; fixation at this stage is said to result in orderliness, meanness, stubbornness, compulsiveness, etc.

anal retentive

an anal-retentive individual, exhibiting or typifying personality traits (such as frugality and obstinacy) held to be psychological consequences of toilet training, characterized by personality traits (as frugality and obstinacy) held to be psychological sequelae of toilet training

FAQs About the word anal retentive

What is the Uk English meaning of the word anal retentive

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What is the English meaning of the word anal retentive

a stage in psychosexual development when the child's interest is concentrated on the anal region; fixation at this stage is said to result in orderliness, meann

What are the synonyms of the word anal retentive

adamant,determined,obsessive,strict,stubborn,adamantine,stubborn,cantankerous,hard,Hard line

What are the antonyms of the word anal retentive

docile,obedient,reasonable,receptive,responsive,submissive,tractable,willing,Accepting,compliant