Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

anankastic

/ænənˈkæstɪk/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: anankas-tic
IPA: /ænənˈkæstɪk/

16

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Imperative, as in the anankastic conditional.

adj

Characterised by compulsion; obsessive-compulsive.

noun

An anankastic phrase or utterance.

noun

An obsessive-compulsive individual.

Example Sentences

"1991: ‘You’re a classic anal-retentive,’ he says, ‘tirelessly absorbed by minutiae, anankastic in the extreme – it’s lucky you have me to deal with the broad sweep of things, to do the abstract thinking.’ — Will Self, ‘Mono-Cellular’, The Quantity Theory of Insanity"
"Like many anankastics, he suffers from a disturbance in the capacity to act, which is revealed especially as an impediment to beginning something new and completing something."

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀναγκαστικός (anankastikós), from ἀναγκάζω (anankázō, “to force, to compel”).

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: ἀναγκαστικός

Inflected Forms

more anankastic (comparative) most anankastic (superlative) anankastics (plural)

Synonyms

anancastic

Questions

How do you pronounce anankastic?: The recorded pronunciation is /ænənˈkæstɪk/.
What does anankastic mean?: Imperative, as in the anankastic conditional.
Where does anankastic come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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