Oral storytelling — is an ancient tradition and the most personal and intimate form of storytelling. The storyteller and the listeners are physically close as well as, through the story connection, psychically close. The storyteller reveals, and thus shares, him/her … Wikipedia
personality — /perr seuh nal i tee/, n., pl. personalities. 1. the visible aspect of one s character as it impresses others: He has a pleasing personality. 2. a person as an embodiment of a collection of qualities: He is a curious personality. 3. Psychol. a.… … Universalium
Oral Roberts — For the university, see Oral Roberts University. For the Pentecostal ministry, see Oral Roberts Evangelistic Association. Oral Roberts Born January 24, 1918(1918 01 24) in Ada, Oklahoma … Wikipedia
Oral Roberts University — Coordinates: 36°03′02″N 95°57′09″W / 36.05056°N 95.95245°W / 36.05056; 95.95245 … Wikipedia
Personality Disorders — Even though upsetting behavior is as old as the human condition, systematic attention to disorders of the personality appears relatively late in the development of psychiatry. On the whole, the asylum generation of psychiatrists had little to… … Historical dictionary of Psychiatry
Oral stage — The oral stage: An infant feeding at his mother’s breast. In Freudian psychoanalysis, the term oral stage denotes the first psychosexual development stage wherein the mouth of the infant is his or her primary erogenous zone. Spanning the life… … Wikipedia
Oral — Having to do with the mouth; given by mouth, as in an oral solution. * * * Relating to the mouth. [L. os (or ), mouth] * * * oral ōr əl, ȯr , är adj 1 a) of, relating to, or involving the mouth: BUCCAL <the oral mucous membrane> b) given… … Medical dictionary
oral — o•ral [[t]ˈɔr əl, ˈoʊr [/t]] adj. 1) uttered by the mouth; spoken: oral testimony[/ex] 2) ling. of, using, or transmitted by speech: oral teaching methods; oral traditions[/ex] 3) anat. of or involving the mouth: oral hygiene[/ex] 4) done or… … From formal English to slang
oral — I. adjective Etymology: Latin or , os mouth; akin to Old Norse ōss mouth of a river, Sanskrit ās mouth Date: 1628 1. a. uttered by the mouth or in words ; spoken < oral traditions > b. using speech or the lips especially in teaching the deaf … New Collegiate Dictionary
personality type — any of various categories of both normal and abnormal personality variants; usually they derive from a theory based topology, such as introvert/extrovert or oral/anal/phallic … Medical dictionary