overconscientious

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So many children raised by deadly serious and overconscientious parents have had humor programmed out.

From Time Magazine Archive

Or the overconscientious woman may expend her energies in chasing the last bit of dirt out of her house but be willing to poison her family with three delicatessen meals a day.

From The Nervous Housewife by Myerson, Abraham

For the most part he has attained a desirable stage of ethical development, is overconscientious and more than usually correct.

From A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis by Freud, Sigmund

Eleanor, thanks to the overconscientious digging about her roots, was acquiring a New England self-consciousness about her processes.

From Turn About Eleanor by Cootes, F. Graham

"Bad habits must not be formed" is the actuating motive of the overconscientious parents, for they do not seem to know that the "trial and error" method is the natural way of learning.

From The Nervous Housewife by Myerson, Abraham