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Anal

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Adjective

1. anal

of or related to the anus

Example Sentences:
'anal thermometer'

2. anal, anal retentive

a stage in psychosexual development when the child's interest is concentrated on the anal region; fixation at this stage is said to result in orderliness, meanness, stubbornness, compulsiveness, etc.

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Anal

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adjective
1. 
of, relating to, or near the anus
2. psychoanalysis
a. 
relating to a stage of psychosexual development during which the child's interest is concentrated on the anal region and excremental functions
b. 
designating personality traits in the adult, such as orderliness, meanness, stubbornness, etc, due to fixation at the anal stage of development
Compare genital (sense 2), oral (sense 7), phallic (sense 2)

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Anal

see synonyms of anal
adjective
1. 
of or near the anus
2.  Psychoanalysis
a. 
designating or of the second stage of psychosexual development, in which interest centers in excretory functions
b. 
designating or of such traits in the adult as orderliness, stinginess, and obstinacy, regarded as unconscious psychic residues of that stage
see also oral
3.  Informal
excessively or obsessively orderly, stingy, stubborn, etc.
1. 
analogy
2. 
analysis
3. 
analytic

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.


Anal

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adj.
1. Of, relating to, or near the anus.
2. Psychology
a. Of or relating to the second stage of psychosexual development in psychoanalytic theory, roughly from ages one to three, during which gratification is derived from sensations associated with the anus and defecation. The anal stage is preceded by the oral stage and followed by the phallic stage.
b. Indicating personality traits considered by psychoanalytic theory to originate during the anal stage of development, especially anal-retentive traits.
n.
Informal
Anal intercourse.

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