Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun anal_phase

1 sense of anal phase

Sense 1
anal stage, anal phase -- ((psychoanalysis) the second sexual and social stage of a child's development during which bowel control is learned)
       => phase, stage -- (any distinct time period in a sequence of events; "we are in a transitional stage in which many former ideas must be revised or rejected")