orality
orality noun: the state of being oral.
Noun
orality (countable and uncountable, plural oralities)
- The state of being oral.
- Indeed, this reading is particularly inappropriate among these oralities and physicalities, bordering on cannibalism.1970, Judah Stampfer, John Donne and the metaphysical gesture, page 80
- The oralities and literacies of the past are regularly made the subject of inquiries by linguists, philosophers, theologians, anthropologists,1990, Brian Stock, Listening for the Text: On the Uses of the Past, page 141
orality meaning in Kannada
orality in Kannada
- ಬಾಯ್ತನ
Forms of orality
| plural | oralities |
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Origin of orality
From oral + -ity.
Words formed from orality
Questions about orality
- What does orality mean?
- Orality means the state of being oral.
- What is orality in Kannada?
- Orality in Kannada is ಬಾಯ್ತನ. See Orality meaning in Kannada.
- What part of speech is orality?
- Orality is a noun.
- What is the plural of orality?
- The plural of orality is oralities.
Words near orality in the dictionary
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