Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

anal stage

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.91 in modern English

Syllables: anal stage
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The Freudian stage of psychosocial development in which the chief erogenous zone is the anus and the child gains pleasure from learning to control the bowel and bladder.

Inflected Forms

anal stages (plural)

Phrases

oral stage

Frequently Paired Words

oral stage

Synonyms

anal phase

Questions

What does anal stage mean?: The Freudian stage of psychosocial development in which the chief erogenous zone is the anus and the child gains pleasure from learning to control the bowel and bladder.

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