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anankastic

/ænənˈkæstɪk/

anankastic adjective: imperative, as in the anankastic conditional.

Adjective

anankastic (comparative more anankastic, superlative most anankastic)

  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

anankastic (plural anankastics)

  1. An anankastic phrase or utterance.
  2. (rare) 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.2012, Matthew R. Broome, The Maudsley Reader in Phenomenological Psychiatry, page 235
    Synonyms:
    anancastic

anankastic meaning in Bengali

anankastic in Bengali

অনুজ্ঞাবাচক, বাধ্যবাধকতা দ্বারা বৈশিষ্ট্যযুক্ত, একটি অ্যানাকাস্টিক বাক্যাংশ, উক্তি

Synonyms of anankastic

Forms of anankastic

Adjective
comparativemore anankastic
superlativemost anankastic
Noun
pluralanankastics

Origin of anankastic

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀναγκαστικός (anankastikós), from ἀναγκάζω (anankázō, “to force, to compel”).

Questions about anankastic

What does anankastic mean?
Anankastic means imperative, as in the anankastic conditional.
What is anankastic in Bengali?
Anankastic in Bengali is অনুজ্ঞাবাচক, বাধ্যবাধকতা দ্বারা বৈশিষ্ট্যযুক্ত, একটি অ্যানাকাস্টিক বাক্যাংশ. See Anankastic meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is anankastic?
Anankastic can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce anankastic?
Anankastic is pronounced /ænənˈkæstɪk/.

Words near anankastic in the dictionary

  1. Ananism
  2. Ananite
  3. Ananites
  4. Ananiv
  5. anankastia
  6. anankastic
  7. anankastics
  8. ananke
  9. Anankean
  10. Ananse
  11. Anansi

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