anal stage

1. 1.

   (psychoanalysis) the second sexual and social stage of a child's development during which bowel control is learned

   Synonymsanal phase

   Broaderphase

   Part ofchildhood

   psychoanalysis

Questions about anal stage

What does anal stage mean?

anal stage means "(psychoanalysis) the second sexual and social stage of a child's development during which bowel control is learned".

What is another word for anal stage?

Close synonyms include anal phase. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.