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What does obsessive-compulsive mean?

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Adjective
  1. Characterized by obsessions and compulsions, especially by the need to perform repetitive tasks
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He's obsessive-compulsive, a man who cannot live without moist towelettes at the ready because, after all, there are germs everywhere.
She is an assassin who wields three-pronged daggers and has obsessive-compulsive disorder.
It's very odd knowing that people are watching me for little obsessive-compulsive quirks now, even though I'm pretty much all better.
Compulsive hair pulling sometimes responds to drugs for obsessive-compulsive disorder or depression.
The serious wackos, the obsessive-compulsive absurdists, may be beyond therapy.
The survey found no gender differences in the prevalence of obsessive-compulsive, schizoid, or histrionic personality disorders.

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