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oralism

oralism noun: a philosophy of education for the deaf, opposed to manualism, that uses spoken language consisting of lipreading, speech, the process of watching mouth movements, and mastering breathing techniques.

Noun

oralism (countable and uncountable, plural oralisms)

  1. A philosophy of education for the deaf, opposed to manualism, that uses spoken language consisting of lipreading, speech, the process of watching mouth movements, and mastering breathing techniques.

Forms of oralism

pluraloralisms

Origin of oralism

From oral + -ism.

Questions about oralism

What does oralism mean?
Oralism means a philosophy of education for the deaf, opposed to manualism, that uses spoken language consisting of lipreading, speech, the process of watching mouth movements, and mastering breathing techniques.
What part of speech is oralism?
Oralism is a noun.
What is the plural of oralism?
The plural of oralism is oralisms.

Words near oralism in the dictionary

  1. oralisations
  2. oralise
  3. oralised
  4. oralises
  5. oralising
  6. oralism
  7. oralisms
  8. oralist
  9. oralistic
  10. oralists
  11. oralities

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