肛こう門もん性せい格かく

noun

anal character

Psychoanalytic term from Freudian theory; refers to a personality type characterized by orderliness, obstinacy, and frugality, supposedly resulting from fixation during the anal stage.

• フロイトの理り論ろんでは、肛こう門もん性せい格かくは幼よう児じ期きのトイレットトレーニングに由ゆ来らいするとされる。

  In Freudian theory, the anal character is said to originate from toilet training in early childhood.