"orality" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: oralities [plural]
Etymology: oral + -ity Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|oral|ity}} oral + -ity Head templates: {{en-noun}} orality (plural oralities)
  1. The state of being oral Translations (being oral): oralitat [feminine] (Catalan), oralité [feminine] (French), oralidade [feminine] (Galician), Oralität [feminine] (German), béalaireacht [feminine] (Irish), oralità [feminine] (Italian), oralidade [feminine] (Portuguese), oralitate [feminine] (Romanian), oralidad [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-orality-en-noun-5b778Q4Q Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ity

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1970, Judah Stampfer, John Donne and the metaphysical gesture, page 80",
          "text": "Indeed, this reading is particularly inappropriate among these oralities and physicalities, bordering on cannibalism.",
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