o
ral
Plural
orals
1
an examination carried out through spoken communication
- The final includes an oral covering key course concepts.
- Students must pass an oral to demonstrate comprehension.
- The language class included an oral to test pronunciation.
- She performed well in the oral, answering all questions confidently.
- The professor scheduled individual orals for each student.
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2
a stage in psychosexual development when a child's focus is on the mouth, with fixation potentially leading to dependence, selfishness, or aggression
- Freud described the oral as the first stage of psychosexual development.
- Unresolved conflicts during the oral may result in dependency.
- Therapists examine behaviors that trace back to the oral.
- The child's attachment style reflected unresolved orals.
- Freud suggested that oral habits relate to early gratification.
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