oralism

n. a method of improving the communication skills of individuals with hearing loss that focuses on the use of residual hearing, lipreading, and speech and de-emphasizes or prohibits the use of sign language and other manual forms of communication. Also called oral method.

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February 20th 2025

principle of constancy

in classical psychoanalytic theory, the idea that all mental processes tend toward a state of equilibrium and the stability of the inorganic state. Also called constancy law; law of constancy. See also death instinct; nirvana principle.