conscientiousness, n.Definitions

Conscientiousness (n.) can ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠be, with shame and self-distrust, the first symptom of obsessional neurosis, sign of a defence that is still succeeding.

Conscientiousness (n.) is, ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠in obsessional neurosis, the first substitute for a repressed hostility toward someone loved — a reaction-formation that intensifies the opposite.

Conscientiousness (n.) toward ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠one's wife or friend, meaning loving them so preferentially that one has nothing to do with others, is unconscientiousness — like being conscientious in receiving stolen goods.