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ANAL CHARACTER [2 records]

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Record 1 2010-02-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mental Disorders
OBS

(BT 30 terminologie de la psychiatrie)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Troubles mentaux

Spanish

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Record 2 2003-02-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Personality Development
DEF

[If] through "over-gratification" or "under-gratification" [during stages of child development] conflicts are not resolved adequately, specific traits and characters develop. For example, an "anal character" exhibits traits such as stinginess, stubbornness, or orderliness.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Développement de la personnalité
DEF

Caractère fait de parcimonie, d'obstination, de méfiance, du goût de l'ordre et de la propreté, d'un sens aigu de la justice.

Spanish

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