anal stage


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Noun1.anal stage - (psychoanalysis) the second sexual and social stage of a child's development during which bowel control is learnedanal stage - (psychoanalysis) the second sexual and social stage of a child's development during which bowel control is learned
anal phase
depth psychology, psychoanalysis, analysis - a set of techniques for exploring underlying motives and a method of treating various mental disorders; based on the theories of Sigmund Freud; "his physician recommended psychoanalysis"
childhood - the time of person's life when they are a child
phase, stage - any distinct time period in a sequence of events; "we are in a transitional stage in which many former ideas must be revised or rejected"
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Next is what Freud called "the anal stage," which unfolds from ages one and a half to three years old.
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(3) In later revisions to the Three Essays in 1915 and 1924, Freud locates the anal stage as lying between the oral and genital stages, thus establishing a teleology of the sexual drive on its path to genital primacy.
The Chatterley/Bolton Affair: The Freudian Path of Regression in Lady Chatterley's Lover

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