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anal-retentiveness

noun

Etymology

From anal-retentive + -ness.

  1. derived from retentus
  2. derived from retentivus
  3. derived from retentif
  4. borrowed from rétentif
  5. compounded as anal-retentive — “anal + retentive”
  6. suffixed as anal-retentiveness — “anal-retentive + ness”

Definitions

  1. The state of being anal-retentive.

The neighborhood

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