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Noun: phallic stage
  1. (psychoanalysis) the third stage in a child's development when awareness of and manipulation of the genitals is supposed to be a primary source of pleasure
    "The Oedipus complex is said to develop during the phallic stage";
    - phallic phase

Derived forms: phallic stages

Type of: phase, stage

Part of: childhood

Encyclopedia: Phallic stage