What does anankastic mean?
Anankastic means (grammar) Imperative, as in the anankastic conditional..
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/ænənˈkæstɪk/ · adjective
(grammar) Imperative, as in the anankastic conditional..
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
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.
Use anankastic when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Anankastic means (grammar) Imperative, as in the anankastic conditional..
Common synonyms include anancastic.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
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
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