obsessive-compulsive
adj1
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:
- Derived terms
- obsessive-compulsive disorder, obsessive-compulsive neurosis, obsessive-compulsive personality disorder, obsessive-compulsive personality, obsessive compulsive spartanism, OCD, OCPD