phallic (ˈfælɪk) ![]() | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | of, relating to, or resembling a phallus: a phallic symbol |
| 2. | psychoanal |
| a. relating to a stage of psychosexual development during which a male child's interest is concentrated on the genital organs | |
| b. anal oral Compare genital designating personality traits, such as conceit and self-assurance, due to fixation at the phallic stage of development | |
| c. (in Freudian theory) denoting a phase of early childhood in which there is a belief that both sexes possess a phallus | |
| 3. | of or relating to phallicism |
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
phallic phal·lic (fāl'ĭk)
adj.
Of, relating to, or resembling a phallus.
Of or relating to the third stage of psychosexual development in psycholanalytic theory during which the genital organs first become the focus of sexual feeling.