Anankastic
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ænənˈkæstɪk/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Anankastic is an adjective meaning (grammar) Imperative, as in the anankastic conditional.
Meaning
(grammar) Imperative, as in the anankastic conditional.
More Meanings
- (psychology) Characterised by compulsion; obsessive-compulsive.
- (grammar) An anankastic phrase or utterance.
- (psychology, rare) An obsessive-compulsive individual.
Example Sentences
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.
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
Word Forms
- anankastics
Synonyms for anankastic
Depending on context, synonyms include anancastic.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include nonimperative, unimperative, anarthrous, anancastic, absolute, antipassive.
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