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phallic phase
 

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Noun phallic phase has 1 sense
  1. phallic stage, phallic phase - (psychoanalysis) the third stage in a child's development when awareness of and manipulation of the genitals is supposed to be a primary source of pleasure
    --1 is a kind of phase, stage
    --1 is a part of childhood

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Phallic Phase

Part of speech: noun

Sense: In psychoanalytic theory, the third stage of psychosexual development during which a child's focus of pleasure shifts to their genital area.

Sample Sentences:

  1. During the phallic phase, children often develop a fascination with their own genitals.
  2. According to Freud, the resolution of the oedipal complex occurs in the phallic phase.

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