obsessive-compulsive disorder

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   an anxiety disorder characterized by recurrent and persistent thoughts and feelings and repetitive, ritualized behaviors

   Broaderanxiety disorder

Questions about obsessive-compulsive disorder

What does obsessive-compulsive disorder mean?

obsessive-compulsive disorder means "an anxiety disorder characterized by recurrent and persistent thoughts and feelings and repetitive, ritualized behaviors".

Is obsessive-compulsive disorder a common word?

obsessive-compulsive disorder is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.