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anal-retentiveness

anal-retentiveness noun: the state of being anal-retentive.

Noun

anal-retentiveness (uncountable)

  1. The state of being anal-retentive.

Origin of anal-retentiveness

From anal-retentive + -ness.

Questions about anal-retentiveness

What does anal-retentiveness mean?
Anal-retentiveness means the state of being anal-retentive.
What part of speech is anal-retentiveness?
Anal-retentiveness is a noun.

Words near anal-retentiveness in the dictionary

  1. anal-erotics
  2. anal-expulsive
  3. anal-expulsiveness
  4. anal-expulsives
  5. anal-retentive
  6. anal-retentiveness
  7. anal-sadistic
  8. anal.
  9. analagous
  10. analagously
  11. Analar

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