noun
phallic stage
In Freudian psychoanalysis, the developmental stage (around ages 3–6) when the child's libido centers on the genital area. Technical term; not used in everyday conversation.
フロイトの理論では、男根期はエディプス・コンプレックスが生じる時期とされる。
In Freud's theory, the phallic stage is considered the period when the Oedipus complex arises.
The anal stage, which precedes the phallic stage and centers on bowel control.
The genital stage, the final psychosexual stage beginning in adolescence.
Compound of 男根 (だんこん, 'penis') and 期 (き, 'stage, period'), directly translating Freud's 'phallic stage'.