ANAL-RETENTIVE

Meaning of ANAL-RETENTIVE in English

■ adjective Psychoanalysis excessively orderly and fussy (supposedly owing to conflict over toilet-training in infancy).

Derivatives

anal retention noun

anal retentiveness noun

Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004

ANAL-RETENTIVE — adjective Date: 1953 exhibiting or typifying personality traits (as frugality and obstinacy) held to be psychological consequences of toilet training, …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
ANAL RETENTIVE — noun see anal-retentive
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ANAL-RETENTIVE — ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ adjective : exhibiting or typifying personality traits (as frugality and obstinacy) held to be psychological …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ANAL RETENTIVE. — 1. having an anal character. 2. a person who is anal retentive.
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ANAL-RETENTIVE — adjective Date: 1953 : exhibiting or typifying personality traits (as frugality and obstinacy) held to be psychological consequences of toilet …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ANAL-RETENTIVE — Pronunciation: ' ā -n ə l-ri- ' ten-tiv Function: adjective Date: 1953 : exhibiting or typifying personality traits (as frugality …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
ANAL-RETENTIVE — anal-retentive BrE AmE ˌeɪn ə l rɪ ˈtent ɪv -rəˈ•-, § -riːˈ• AmE -ˈten t̬ -
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
ANAL-RETENTIVE — adjective = anal
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ANAL RETENTIVE — too concerned with detail, pedantic Amy is anal retentive. She writes down everything the teacher says.
English Idioms vocab
ANAL RETENTIVE — too concerned with detail, pedantic Amy is anal retentive. She writes down everything the teacher says.
English Idioms vocabulary
ANAL-RETENTIVE — педантичный
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
ANAL RETENTIVE — педантичный
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
ANAL-RETENTIVE — прил. суетливый, мелочно-дотошный
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
ANAL-RETENTIVE — прил. суетливый, мелочно-дотошный
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
ANAL-RETENTIVE — педантичный
Англо-Русский дополнительный словарь
ANAL RETENTIVE — педантичный
Англо-Русский дополнительный словарь
RETENTIVE — adj retentive (= good at remembering)
Interlingua English vocab
ANAL — adj [Anat.] anal
Interlingua English vocab
RETENTIVE — mahawiran
English-Visayan vocabulary
RETENTIVE — adjective Etymology: Middle English retentif, from Anglo-French & Medieval Latin; Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin retentivus, from Latin retentus, past participle …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
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Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
RETENTIVE — I. rə̇ˈtentiv, rēˈ-, -tēv also -təv adjective Etymology: Middle English retentif, retentive, from Middle French & Medieval Latin; Middle French …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
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Webster's New International English Dictionary
RETENTIVE — (n.) That which retains or confines; a restraint.
Английский словарь Webster
RETENTIVE — (a.) Having power to retain; as, a retentive memory.
Английский словарь Webster
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Английский словарь Webster
RETENTIVE — ( n. ) That which retains or confines; a restraint.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
RETENTIVE — ( a. ) Having power to retain; as, a retentive memory.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
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Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
RETENTIVE — — retentively , adv. — retentiveness , n. /ri ten"tiv/ , adj. 1. tending or serving to retain something. 2. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
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Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
RETENTIVE — adj. tending to keep possession; tending to hold, tending to maintain; having a good memory
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
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Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
RETENTIVE — adjective Etymology: Middle English retentif, from Anglo-French & Medieval Latin; Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin retentivus, from Latin retentus, past participle …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
RETENTIVE — noun that which retains or confines; a restraint. 2. retentive ·adj having power to retain; as, a retentive memory.
Webster English vocab
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Webster English vocab
RETENTIVE — ■ adjective 1》 (of a person's memory) effective in retaining facts and impressions. 2》 able to retain or hold in …
Concise Oxford English vocab
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Concise Oxford English vocab
RETENTIVE — [re.ten.tive] adj [ME retentif, fr. MF & ML; MF, fr. ML retentivus, fr. L retentus, pp. of retinere] (14c): having …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
ANAL — [anal] abbreviation analogy, analysis, analytic
Merriam-Webster English vocab
RETENTIVE — retentive BrE AmE ri ˈtent ɪv rə- AmE \ -ˈten t̬ ɪv ▷ retentive|ly li ▷ retentive|ness nəs nɪs
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
ANAL — anal BrE AmE ˈeɪn ə l ▷ anal|ly i
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
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Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
RETENTIVE — re ‧ ten ‧ tive AC /rɪˈtentɪv/ BrE AmE adjective a retentive memory or mind is able to hold facts …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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Английский основной разговорный словарь
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Concise Oxford English Dictionary
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Oxford English vocab
RETENTIVE — If you have a retentive memory, you are able to remember things very well. Luke had an amazingly retentive memory. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
RETENTIVE — adjective EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ He had a highly retentive memory and was an accomplished and lively speaker. ▪ He …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
ANAL — adjective EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ Stop being so anal !
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
RETENTIVE — [adjective] [slightly formal]She has a retentive memory (= She is able to remember things easily).
Cambridge English vocab
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Cambridge English vocab
ANAL — Synonyms and related words : abdominal, accordant, appendical, bourgeois, cardiac, cecal, colic, colonic, compulsive, concordant, conformist, conventional, coronary, corresponding, dinky, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
ANAL — adj.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary Second Edition
RETENTIVE — adj. Retentive is used with these nouns: ↑ memory
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
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Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
ANAL — alan lana
Anagrams English vocabulary
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English Dictionary of Medicine
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NCI English Dictionary of Cancer Terms
RETENTIVE — прил. 1) а) хороший, крепкий, цепкий (о памяти) quick and retentive wits ≈ быстрая и цепкая память б) обладающий хорошей …
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