Meanings
comparative more obsessive-compulsive · superlative most obsessive-compulsive
- Characterized by obsessions and compulsions, especially by the need to perform repetitive tasks.
Barry is... well, what? Borderline autistic and obsessive-compulsive, with serious anger management issues and a dangerous behavioural disorder that in the real world would get him a one-way ticket to the rubber room.
2003 July 2, Peter Bradshaw, “Punch-Drunk Love”, in The Guardian, UK, retrieved 07 Aug 2014
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivecharacterized by obsessions and compulsions
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
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