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anankastic
/ænənˈkæstɪk/
adj 2noun 2
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2ADJ.
absorbed, extreme
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in
Definitions
adj
1
Imperative, as in the anankastic conditional.
2
Characterised by compulsion; obsessive-compulsive.
1991: ‘You’re a classic anal-retentive,’ he says, ‘tirelessly absorbed by minutiae, anankastic in the extreme – it’s lucky you have me to deal with the broad sweep of things, to do the abstract thinking.’ — Will Self, ‘Mono-Cellular’, The Quantity Theory of Insanity
noun
1
An anankastic phrase or utterance.
2
An obsessive-compulsive individual.
Like many anankastics, he suffers from a disturbance in the capacity to act, which is revealed especially as an impediment to beginning something new and completing something.
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1991: ‘You’re a classic anal-retentive,’ he says, ‘tirelessly absorbed by minutiae, anankastic in the extreme – it’s lucky you have me to deal with the broad sweep of things, to do the abstract thinki
Wiktionary02
Like many anankastics, he suffers from a disturbance in the capacity to act, which is revealed especially as an impediment to beginning something new and completing something.
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