orality: Meaning and Definition of

o•ral•i•ty

Pronunciation: (ô-ral'i-tē, ō-ral'-), [key]
— n. Psychoanal.
  1. the condition or quality of being oral; collectively, the personality traits characteristic of the oral phase of psychosexual development.
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