anal stage

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

hypernym	:	phase, stage,
definition	:	any distinct time period in a sequence of events (noun.time)

part meronym	:	childhood,
definition	:	the time of person's life when they are a child (noun.time)

domain category	:	analysis, depth psychology, psychoanalysis,
definition	:	a set of techniques for exploring underlying motives and a method of treating various mental disorders; based on the theories of Sigmund Freud (noun.act)