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The term "stage" is used to designate a [[developmental ]] phase that, for [[Freud]], is characterized by a specific organization of the [[libido]], linked to a [[particular ]] [[erotogenic ]] zone, and dominated by a particular modality of [[object ]] relations. Some authors prefer to [[speak ]] of "phases" or "positions" rather than stages, because these alternatives emphasize the fact that what are referred to here are moments in [[psychosexual ]] [[development ]] that partake of the [[dialectic ]] of the [[Oedipus ]] [[complex]], rather than a precisely [[stable ]] stage in the evolution of the libido....