anal retentive

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

adjective

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.
• Syn:
anal
• Ant:
oral (for: anal)
• Topics:
psychoanalysis, analysis, depth psychology