Phrase guide

obsessive-compulsive disorder

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A mental and behavioral disorder, characterized by obsessive intrusive thoughts and a compulsion to ease the resulting distress by repeating specific routines or rituals, regardless of their interference with other activities.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: human-sciences, medicine, psychology, sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: OCD

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: disorder, condition

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noun

Meaning 2

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: anxiety disorder

History

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Across languages

Translations

35 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: اِضْطِرَاب الْوَسْوَاس الْقَهْرِيّ (iḍṭirāb al-waswās al-qahriyy) — mental disorder
  • Azerbaijani: sarışan hallar nevrozu — mental disorder
  • Azerbaijani: obsessiv-kompulsiv pozuntu — mental disorder
  • Chinese Cantonese: 強迫症 /强迫症 (koeng5 bik1 zing3) — mental disorder
  • Chinese Mandarin: 強迫性神經失調 /强迫性神经失调 (qiángpòxìng shénjīng shītiáo) — mental disorder
  • Chinese Mandarin: 強迫症 /强迫症 (qiángpòzhèng, qiǎngpòzhèng) — mental disorder
  • Chinese Mandarin: 強迫性障礙 /强迫性障碍 (qiángpòxìng zhàng'ài) — mental disorder
  • Danish: OCD — mental disorder
  • Dutch: dwangstoornis — mental disorder
  • Finnish: pakko-oireinen häiriö — mental disorder
  • French: trouble obsessionnel compulsif — mental disorder
  • French: TOC — mental disorder
  • German: Zwangsstörung — mental disorder
  • Greek: ιδεοψυχαναγκαστική διαταραχή (ideopsychanagkastikí diatarachí) — mental disorder
  • Hebrew: הפרעה טורדנית־כפייתית (hafra'a tordanit-k'fiyatit) — mental disorder
  • Hindi: जुनूनी बाध्यकारी विकार (junūnī bādhyakārī vikār) — mental disorder
  • Hungarian: kényszerbetegség — mental disorder
  • Icelandic: áráttu-þráhyggjuröskun — mental disorder
  • Irish: neamhord éigníoch dúghafach — mental disorder
  • Italian: disturbo ossessivo-compulsivo — mental disorder
  • Japanese: 強迫性障害 (kyouhakuseishougai) — mental disorder
  • Korean: 강박 장애 (gangbak jang'ae) — mental disorder
  • Lithuanian: obsesinis kompulsinis sutrikimas — mental disorder
  • Malay: kecelaruan obsesif kompulsif — mental disorder
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: tvangsliding — mental disorder
  • Polish: zaburzenia obsesyjno-kompulsywne — mental disorder
  • Polish: nerwica natręctw — mental disorder
  • Portuguese: transtorno obsessivo-compulsivo — mental disorder
  • Russian: обсессивно-компульсивное расстройство (obsessivno-kompulʹsivnoje rasstrojstvo) — mental disorder
  • Spanish: trastorno obsesivo-compulsivo — mental disorder
  • Spanish: TOC — mental disorder
  • Swedish: tvångssyndrom — mental disorder
  • Thai: โรคย้ําคิดย้ําทํา — mental disorder
  • Ukrainian: обсеси́вно-компульси́вний ро́злад (obsesývno-kompulʹsývnyj rózlad) — mental disorder
  • Vietnamese: rối loạn ám ảnh cưỡng chế — mental disorder