anankastic

  1. Adjective.  (psychology) obsessive-compulsive, usually with reference to personality disorders.
  2. Adjective.  (linguistics) imperative, used for example to name the grammatical construction ''anankastic conditional'' [http://www.phil.kun.nl/tfl/janneke/console13-huitink.pdf Janneke Huitink ''Analyzing anankastic conditionals and sufficiency modals''].

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