Sekirov Dictionary

anankastic

/ænənˈkæstɪk/

adjective 2
noun 2
forms 3

adjective2

Characterised by compulsion; obsessive-compulsive.
Imperative, as in the anankastic conditional.

noun2

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(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
An anankastic phrase or utterance.

forms

anankastics · more anankastic · most anankastic

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