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; [syn: phallic stage, phallic phase]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
phallic phase
n 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 [syn: phallic
stage, phallic phase]