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orality definition

oral·ity (ô ral′ə tē, ō-)

noun

  1. a reliance on spoken, rather than written, language for communication
  2. the fact or quality of being communicated orally

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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