Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

oral stage

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.20 in modern English

Syllables: oral stage
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

In Freudian psychoanalysis, the first stage of psychosexual development, during early infancy, when the baby's mouth is their primary erogenous zone.

Inflected Forms

oral stages (plural)

Phrases

anal stage

Frequently Paired Words

anal stage

Synonyms

oral phase

Questions

What does oral stage mean?: In Freudian psychoanalysis, the first stage of psychosexual development, during early infancy, when the baby's mouth is their primary erogenous zone.

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