OCD

English

Noun

OCD (uncountable)

  2. (medicine, psychology) Initialism of obsessive-compulsive disorder.
  4. (medicine) Initialism of osteochondritis dissecans.
  6. (publishing, history) Initialism of Oxford Classical Dictionary.
    Coordinate term: OCT

Derived terms

  • (obsessive-compulsive disorder): OCPD (not to be confused)

Translations

Adjective

OCD (comparative more OCD, superlative most OCD)

  1. (figurative, sometimes offensive) Exhibiting an obsessive tendency.
    • 2015, “Out of the Closet”, in One Big Happy, season 1, episode 2, spoken by Prudence (Kelly Brook):
      Three years and you still have your ex's things? Lizzy, I knew you were uptight and OCD, and often humorless.
    • 2020, Leigh Whannell, The Invisible Man, spoken by Adrian Griffin:
      So I wanted to get us some simple takeout but of course, I started obsessing over what you'd be in the mood for. Hence, we have the OCD buffet of sushi, steak, and pasta.

Usage notes

The figurative use of the term "OCD" to refer to someone who exhibits an obsessive tendency is both in widespread usage and considered mostly inaccurate and even offensive by some who consider the use as both reflecting and encouraging misunderstanding of obsessive-compulsive disorder and harming those with the disorder.[1][2] The idea that "being anal" equals OCD is largely misguided, and being punctilious in an egosyntonic way has more in common with OCPD than with OCD, which is egodystonic.

Proper noun

OCD

  1. (Philippines) Initialism of Office of Civil Defense.

See also

References

  1. ^ Fatima Tipu (22 February 2015) “No, Your Quirks Aren't 'OCD'”, in The Atlantic, retrieved 30 December 2021
  2. ^ “Why we challenge OCD misuse”, in OCD-UK, 22 December 2020, retrieved 30 December 2021

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