Definition of Oral personality

1. Noun. (psychoanalysis) a personality characterized either by generous optimism or aggressive and ambitious selfishness; formed in early childhood by fixation during the oral stage of development.

Category relationships: Analysis, Depth Psychology, Psychoanalysis
Generic synonyms: Personality

Lexicographical Neighbors of Oral Personality

oral gratification
oral haemorrhage
oral hairy leukoplakia
oral health
oral herpes
oral hygiene
oral hygiene index
oral lactose tolerance test
oral manifestations
oral medicine
oral membrane
oral mucosa
oral mucositis
oral part of pharynx
oral pathology
oral personality (current term)
oral pharynx
oral physiotherapy
oral plate
oral polio vaccine
oral poliovirus vaccine
oral presentation
oral region
oral smear
oral stereotypy
oral submucous fibrosis

Literary usage of Oral personality

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Penology in the United States by Louis Newton Robinson (1922)
"In the examinations, which are partly written and partly oral, personality, experience, and a knowledge of the duties of the office constitute the main ..."

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