anality

anality

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English anal
Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-ts
Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts
Latin -itāsder.
Old French -itebor.
Middle English -ite
English -ity
English anality

    From anal + -ity.

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    Noun

    anality (countable and uncountable, plural analities)

    1. (psychoanalysis) The state of being anal.
      • 1980, Arthur Asa Berger, Film in Society, page 133:
        If the relationship between Protestantism and repressed anality is so close, then anality loosed from repression can be powerful to the point of political […]
      • 1994, Arleen B. Dallery, Transitions in Continental Philosophy, page 93:
        It is important to note that not only anality, but also orality, causes pleasure […]
      • 2003, Frank Krutnik, Richard Bradley, Hollywood Comedians: the Film Reader, page 79:
        no one has ever thought to praise him for the anality of his humor.

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