anal stage
anal stage · anal stages
The Freudian stage of psychosocial development in which the chief erogenous zone is…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.
Meaning
1 sensesThe 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.
(psychoanalysis) the second sexual and social stage of a child's development during which bowel control is learned
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Synonyms
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- (psychoanalysis) the second sexual and social stage of a child's development during which bowel control is learned:anal phase
Word family
1 related wordsRelatedoral stage