anal phase

Noun
  • (psychoanalysis) the second sexual and social stage of a child's development during which bowel control is learned (synset 115170742)
    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
    hypernym: phase, stage - any distinct time period in a sequence of events
    part meronym: childhood - the time of person's life when they are a child
    synonym: anal stage

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