fastidiousness

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The overwhelming public perception of OCD is that it is an obsession with cleaning, tidying and symmetry, a fastidiousness seen in characters like Monica Geller from Friends.

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026

Fans and scholars have retrospectively diagnosed the character as being on the spectrum, and you can easily find essays and discussions as to whether Poirot’s fastidiousness at least borders on OCD.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 13, 2025

CHERNIHIV, Ukraine — It was Yulia Hrebnyeva’s fastidiousness that saved the lives of her family.

From New York Times • May 30, 2022

In matters of law, however, isn’t fastidiousness — concern for accuracy and detail — what you want?

From Washington Post • Apr. 6, 2022

She remembers her husband’s fastidiousness, his war against germs.

From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García