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GENITAL PHASE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(psychoanalysis) the fifth sexual and social stage in a person's development occurring during adolescence; interest focuses on sexual activity
Synonyms:
genital phase; genital stage
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("genital phase" is a kind of...):
phase; stage (any distinct time period in a sequence of events)
Domain category:
analysis; depth psychology; psychoanalysis (a set of techniques for exploring underlying motives and a method of treating various mental disorders; based on the theories of Sigmund Freud)
Holonyms ("genital phase" is a part of...):
adolescence (the time period between the beginning of puberty and adulthood)
