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English noun: oral phase

1. oral phase (time) (psychoanalysis) the first sexual and social stage of an infant's development; the mouth is the focus of the libido and satisfaction comes from suckling and chewing and biting


Synonymsoral stage


Broader (hypernym)phase, stage


Part meronymbabyhood, early childhood, infancy


Domain categoryanalysis, depth psychology, psychoanalysis









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