Meanings
nounanal stage (plural anal stages)
plural anal stages
- human sciencesThe Freudian stage of psychosocial development in which the chief erogenous zone is the anus and the child gains pleasure from learning to control the bowel and bladder.
Synonyms & antonyms
noun(psychoanalysis) the second sexual and social stage of a child's development during which bowel control is learned
Similar
anal phase
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Finnish anaalivaihe
- anaalivaiheTranslations
French stade anal
- stade analTranslations
Swedish analstadium
- analstadiumTranslations
Turkish anal evre
- anal evreTranslations
Cite this entry
APA
anal stage. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anal%20stage
MLA
“anal stage.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anal%20stage. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “anal stage,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anal%20stage.
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