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oral gratifications

oral gratifications is the plural of oral gratification.

Meaning of oral gratification

Noun

oral gratification (countable and uncountable, plural oral gratifications)

  1. In Freudian psychology, the satisfaction felt in infancy when the need for food, especially from the mother's breast, is fulfilled, and which in later life can be associated with such dysfunctional behaviors as excessive eating, drinking, or smoking.
    • Oral gratification was offered almost continuously—between-meal nourishment, before-bed treats, chewing gum and toys which could be sucked and chewed.1958, E. I. Falstein, H. A. Sutton, “Childhood Schizophrenia”, in The American Journal of Nursing, volume 58, number 5, page 669

Questions about oral gratifications

What is oral gratifications the plural of?
Oral gratifications is the plural of oral gratification.

Words near oral gratifications in the dictionary

  1. oral exam
  2. oral examination
  3. oral exams
  4. oral glucose
  5. oral gratification
  6. oral gratifications
  7. oral histories
  8. oral history
  9. oral hygiene
  10. oral law
  11. oral laws

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