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anancasm
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An obsolete term for ritualistic act or sequence of acts performed by a person with obsessive-compulsive neurosis.
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noun
An obsolete term for ritualistic act or sequence of acts performed by a person with obsessive-compulsive neurosis.
“The conceptual history of ‘anancasm’ in psychiatry remains almost unexplored and this article will help to remove this deficit.”
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The conceptual history of ‘anancasm’ in psychiatry remains almost unexplored and this article will help to remove this deficit.
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