Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
(psychoanalysis) a personality characterized by meticulous neatness and suspicion and reserve;
said to be formed in early childhood by fixation during the anal stage of development (usually as a consequence of toilet training);
[syn: anal personality, anal retentive personality]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
anal retentive personality
n 1: (psychoanalysis) a personality characterized by meticulous
neatness and suspicion and reserve; said to be formed in
early childhood by fixation during the anal stage of
development (usually as a consequence of toilet training)
[syn: anal personality, anal retentive personality]