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oral character

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oral character [′ȯr·əl ′kar·ik·tər]
(psychology)
A Freudian term applied to persons who have undergone an unusual degree of oral stimulation during the developmental period and are characterized by an attitude of carefree indifference and by dependence on a mother figure.


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9780773449442 The oral character of Southern literature; explaining the distinctiveness of regional texts.
Since then, a surprising number of studies have upheld the descriptive validity of dependent personality traits, viewed as submissiveness, oral character traits, oral dependence, or passive dependence, or as a constellation of both pathological and adaptive traits under the rubric dependency.
A BBC spokesman in London explained that the programme will 'explore the oral character of the area through the voices of the men and women who worked on the docks which have now been transformed into trendy apartment complexes.
 
 
 
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