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Synonyms & Antonyms of anal-retentiveness
as in perversity, perverseness
Synonyms & Near Synonyms for anal-retentiveness
- bullheadedness,
- doggedness,
- hardheadedness,
- intransigence,
- mulishness,
- obduracy,
- obdurateness,
- obstinacy,
- obstinateness,
- opinionatedness,
- pertinaciousness,
- pertinacity,
- pigheadedness,
- self-opinionatedness,
- self-will,
- stubbornness,
- willfulness
- adamancy
- (also adamance),
- determination,
- implacability,
- inexorability,
- inflexibility,
- inveteracy,
- perseverance,
- persistence,
- persistency,
- relentlessness,
- resolve,
- single-mindedness,
- steadfastness,
- stick-to-itiveness,
- tenaciousness,
- tenacity
- bloody-mindedness
- [chiefly British],
- cantankerousness,
- contrariness,
- cussedness
Antonyms & Near Antonyms for anal-retentiveness
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