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Oral stage Moderate

Origin: French suffix -age

Oral stage has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

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Noun
1

(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

2

In Freudian psychoanalysis, the first stage of psychosexual development, during early infancy, when the mouth of the infant is his/her primary erogenous zone.

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phase
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