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oral·i·ty (o-ralґĭ-te) in psychoanalytic theory, the psychic organization of all the sensations, impulses, and personality traits derived from the oral stage of psychosexual development.Medical dictionary. 2011.
orality — [ô ral′ə tē, ōral′ə tē] n. 1. a reliance on spoken, rather than written, language for communication 2. the fact or quality of being communicated orally … English World dictionary
Orality — An oral community in Takéo, Cambodia confronts writing. Modern scholarship has shown that orality is a complex and tenacious social phenomenon. Photo: Brett Matthews, 2006 … Wikipedia
orality — noun see oral I … New Collegiate Dictionary
orality — /aw ral i tee, oh ral /, n. Psychoanal. the condition or quality of being oral; collectively, the personality traits characteristic of the oral phase of psychosexual development. [1660 70; ORAL + ITY] * * * … Universalium
orality — noun The state of being oral … Wiktionary
orality — noun 1》 the quality of being verbally communicated. 2》 Psychoanalysis the focusing of sexual energy and feeling on the mouth … English new terms dictionary
orality — oral·i·ty … English syllables
orality — /ɒˈræləti/ (say o raluhtee) noun 1. fluency in oral communication, narration, etc. 2. reliance on spoken forms of language …
orality — ōˈraləd.ē, ȯˈr , äˈr noun ( es) : the quality or state of being oral … Useful english dictionary
Secondary orality — Walter J. Ong presented the dichotomy between oral and literate cultures in his book Orality and Literacy: The Technologizing of the Word , published in 1982. In this book, he coined the phrase ‘secondary orality’, describing it as “essentially a … Wikipedia
