a retentive person

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• retentive — ► ADJECTIVE 1) (of a person s memory) effective in retaining facts and impressions. 2) able to retain or hold in place. DERIVATIVES retentively adverb retentiveness noun retentivity noun …   English terms dictionary

• retentive — adjective 1》 (of a person s memory) effective in retaining facts and impressions. 2》 able to retain or hold in place. Derivatives retentively adverb retentiveness noun …   English new terms dictionary

• retentive — adj. 1 (often foll. by of) tending to retain (moisture etc.). 2 (of memory or a person) not forgetful. 3 Surgery (of a ligature etc.) serving to keep something in place. Derivatives: retentively adv. retentiveness n. Etymology: ME f. OF retentif… …   Useful english dictionary

• Anal retentive — The term anal retentive (or anally retentive , anal retentive ), commonly abbreviated to anal , is used conversationally to describe a person with such attention to detail that the obsession becomes an annoyance to others, and can be carried out… …   Wikipedia

• anal retentive — /eɪnəl rəˈtɛntɪv/ (say aynuhl ruh tentiv) noun 1. a person with traits such as orderliness, meanness, stubbornness, which are thought to be the result of fixation at the anal stage of development. –adjective Also, anal. 2. (of a person) having… …  

• anal retentive — adjective 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. • Syn: ↑anal • Ant: ↑oral (for:… …   Useful english dictionary

• anal retentive. — 1. having an anal character. 2. a person who is anal retentive. * * * …   Universalium

• anal retentive. — 1. having an anal character. 2. a person who is anal retentive …   Useful english dictionary

• trainspotter — Noun. Generally a usually intelligent but particularly anally retentive person; the person may be obsessed with trivia or have a keen interest in collecting particular objects or data, such as trainspotting, stamp collecting etc. Originates from… …   English slang and colloquialisms

• retentively — retentive ► ADJECTIVE 1) (of a person s memory) effective in retaining facts and impressions. 2) able to retain or hold in place. DERIVATIVES retentively adverb retentiveness noun retentivity noun …   English terms dictionary

• retentiveness — retentive ► ADJECTIVE 1) (of a person s memory) effective in retaining facts and impressions. 2) able to retain or hold in place. DERIVATIVES retentively adverb retentiveness noun retentivity noun …   English terms dictionary