oral gratifications

A form of oral gratification — In Freudian psychology, the satisfaction felt in infancy when the need for food, especially from the mother's breast, is fulfilled, and which in later life can be associated with such dysfunctional behaviors as excessive eating, drinking, or smoking.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of oral gratification
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