Obsessive-compulsive (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

adjective
  1. noting or relating to a personality characterized by perfectionism, indecision, conscientiousness, concern with detail, rigidity, and inhibition.
  2. noting or relating to a disorder or neurosis characterized by persistent intrusion of unwanted thoughts (obsessions) or the performance of actions, as repeated hand-washing, that one is unable to stop (compulsions): obsessive-compulsive disorder.
noun
  1. a person having obsessive-compulsive traits.
Obsessive-compulsive (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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