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ORAL STAGE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(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; oral stage
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("oral stage" 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 ("oral stage" is a part of...):
babyhood; early childhood; infancy (the early stage of growth or development)
