- orality
- noun see oral I
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
orality
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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
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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 — In freudian psychology, a term used to denote the psychic organization derived from, and characteristic of, the oral period of psychosexual development. * * * oral·i·ty (o ralґĭ te) in psychoanalytic theory, the psychic organization of all… … Medical dictionary
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
