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| a·nal [ áyn'l ] |
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1. anatomy relating to anus: relating to or situated near the anus
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2. psychoanalysis relating to childhood interest in defecation: in Freudian theory, relating to a stage of childhood psychosexual development during which the focus is on the anal region and functions
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3. psychoanalysis obsessively self-controlled: in Freudian theory, relating to adult personality traits that are considered to have originated during or be characteristic of the anal stage of development, e.g. obsessive neatness, stubbornness, and frugality
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| [Mid-18th century. < modern Latin analis< anus (see anus)] |
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 a·nal·ly adverb |
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