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    ORAL STAGE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     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 bitingplay

    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)

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