anal-sadistic

adjective

Exhibiting or relating to anal sadism.

Meanings

adjectiveanal-sadistic (comparative more anal-sadistic, superlative most anal-sadistic)

comparative more anal-sadistic · superlative most anal-sadistic

  1. Exhibiting or relating to anal sadism.

    Psycho-analytic experience has already obliged us to assert the existence of a pre-genital, anal-sadistic stage of libidinal development;

    1927, Karl Abraham, Selected Papers of Karl Abraham, M.D., page 432
    2 more examples

    This state of things is no doubt more or less typical, since we have reason to presume a second stage (pre-genital) of anal-sadistic interest between the narcissistic and genital stages of development.

    1921, British Psychological Society (contributor), British Journal of Medical Psychology - Volumes 1-2, page 201

    It indicates a fixation at the pregenital anal-sadistic level and signifies a precocious development of the super-ego during this phase of libidinal evolution.

    1930, Austin Flint Association, Incorporated (publisher), Medical Review of Reviews - Volume 36, page 185
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