Definitions for obsessive-compulsive
ob·ses·sive-com·pul·sive

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1. obsessive-compulsiveadjective

   a person with obsessive-compulsive characteristics

2. obsessive-compulsiveadjective

   characterized by obsessions and compulsions

   "obsessive-compulsive neurosis"

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1. obsessive-compulsiveadjective

   Characterized by obsessions and compulsions, especially by the need to perform repetitive tasks

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1. obsessive-compulsive

   Obsessive-compulsive generally refers to a psychiatric mental disorder characterized by obsessive thoughts and compulsive behaviors. These obsessions are unwanted and intrusive thoughts, images, or urges that cause high levels of anxiety or distress. The compulsions are repetitive behaviors or mental acts a person feels driven to perform in order to relieve the stress or prevent a feared event. The person might understand these behaviors are irrational but feel unable to resist them. OCD interferes with a person's routine activities and social relationships.

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   Daniel

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of obsessive-compulsive in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of obsessive-compulsive in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of obsessive-compulsive in a Sentence

1. Saimo Chahal:

   It's not clear that Michael actually understands what he has done, because of his Asperger's, OCD (obsessive compulsive disorder) and other psychological conditions there is a question mark over whether he's fit to plead and to undergo the trial process in the States.

2. Brian Roth:

   Our hope is that we can use this information to ultimately make drugs that mimic the benefits of psychedelic drugs without the psychedelic experience, what if we could give people who are depressed or suffer from PTSD or anxiety or obsessive-compulsive disorder a medication, and they could wake up the next day and be fine without any side effects ? That would be transformative.

3. Sam Stoller:

   My feeling from all this is that this is a story about anti-Semitism, it's a story about two young men who worked pretty much all of their lives since they were children to prepare for this moment, and they prepared with an obsessive compulsive behavior that normal people couldn't understand.

4. Sheldon Cooper:

   Any contract I sign is enforced with my own personal code of ethics, and his obsessive compulsive disorder.

5. Marc Summers:

   Most people were n’t aware what OCD was back in the late ‘ 90s, i was supposed to be hosting ‘ Hollywood Squares ’ and then lost the job because people did n’t understand what obsessive compulsive disorder was, and they were spreading rumors that I was difficult to work with and uncooperative, none of which was true. But people were not given the tools to learn what Hollywood Squares ' was.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=obsessive-compulsive
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Obsessive-Compulsive
3. ^ ChatGPT
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