Definition of Phallic in English :

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Phallic meaning in English

Meaning of Phallic in English

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Phallic

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Adjective

1. phallic

relating to a phallus especially as an embodiment of generative power

Example Sentences:
'a phallic cult'
'phallic worship'

2. phallic, priapic

resembling or being a phallus

Example Sentences:
'a phallic symbol'
'phallic eroticism'
'priapic figurines'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Phallic

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adjective
1. 
of, relating to, or resembling a phallus
a phallic symbol
2. psychoanalysis
a. 
relating to a stage of psychosexual development during which a male child's interest is concentrated on the genital organs
b. 
designating personality traits, such as conceit and self-assurance, due to fixation at the phallic stage of development
Compare anal (sense 2), oral (sense 7), genital (sense 2)
c. 
(in Freudian theory) denoting a phase of early childhood in which there is a belief that both sexes possess a phallus
3. 
of or relating to phallicism

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Phallic

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adjective
1. 
of, like, or relating to the phallus
2. 
of or relating to phallicism
3. 
genital (sense 2) genital (sense 2a)

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.


Phallic

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adj.
1. Of, relating to, or resembling a phallus.
2. Of or relating to the cult of the phallus as an embodiment of generative power: phallic worship.
3. Of or relating to the third stage of psychosexual development in psychoanalytic theory, from about ages three to six, during which gratification is focused on sensations associated with the genital organs. The phallic stage is preceded by the anal stage and followed by the latency period.

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