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obsessive-compulsive

obsessive-compulsive adjective: characterized by obsessions and compulsions, especially by the need to perform repetitive tasks.

Adjective

obsessive-compulsive (comparative more obsessive-compulsive, superlative most obsessive-compulsive)

  1. Characterized by obsessions and compulsions, especially by the need to perform repetitive tasks.
    • Barry is... well, what? Borderline autistic and obsessive-compulsive, with serious anger management issues and a dangerous behavioural disorder that in the real world would get him a one-way ticket to the rubber room.2003 July 2, Peter Bradshaw, “Punch-Drunk Love”, in The Guardian, UK, retrieved 07 Aug 2014

Forms of obsessive-compulsive

comparativemore obsessive-compulsive
superlativemost obsessive-compulsive

Words formed from obsessive-compulsive

Phrases with obsessive-compulsive

Questions about obsessive-compulsive

What does obsessive-compulsive mean?
Obsessive-compulsive means characterized by obsessions and compulsions, especially by the need to perform repetitive tasks.
What part of speech is obsessive-compulsive?
Obsessive-compulsive is an adjective.

Words near obsessive-compulsive in the dictionary

  1. obsessionists
  2. obsessions
  3. obsessive
  4. obsessive compulsive spartanism
  5. obsessive love disorder
  6. obsessive-compulsive
  7. obsessive-compulsive disorder
  8. obsessive-compulsive disordered
  9. obsessive-compulsive disorders
  10. obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
  11. obsessive-compulsive personality disordered

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