English noun: oral stage | |||
1. | oral stage (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 | ||
Synonyms | oral phase | ||
Broader (hypernym) | phase, stage | ||
Part meronym | babyhood, early childhood, infancy | ||
Domain category | analysis, depth psychology, psychoanalysis | ||