anankastic

发音

/ænənˈkæstɪk/

词形变化

anankastics 复数 anankastics more anankastic 比较级 most anankastic 最高级

别名

anancastic

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An anankastic phrase or utterance.

    语言学
  2. 2.

    An obsessive-compulsive individual.

    罕用 心理学
adj.
  1. 1.

    Imperative, as in the anankastic conditional.

    语言学
  2. 2.

    Characterised by compulsion; obsessive-compulsive.

    心理学

    1991: ‘You’re a classic anal-retentive,’ he says, ‘tirelessly absorbed by minutiae, anankastic in the extreme – it’s lucky you have me to deal with the broad sweep of things, to do the abstract thinking.’ — Will Self, ‘Mono-Cellular’, The Quantity Theory of Insanity

词源

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀναγκαστικός (anankastikós), from ἀναγκάζω (anankázō, “to force, to compel”).

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