orality noun. [ɒ'ralɪti] M17.
[from ORAL + -ITY.]
1. The quality of being spoken or verbally communicated; preference for or tendency to use spoken forms of language. M17.
■ R. C. A. White The trial proceeds on the basis of orality; almost every document..is read out.

2. Psychoanalysis. The focusing of sexual energy and feeling on the mouth. M20.
■ H. Segal Orality may express itself in greed.

3. Phonetics. The quality or state of being oral. M20.

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