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Like Freud's first stage of development (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

oral

(Other definitions for oral that I've seen before include "Spoken rather than written" , "Exam using speech" , "Relating to the mouth - exam" , "Like some tradition" , "Mouth-related" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times.
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