latency stage latency phase • lateness · · · Info · Definitions · Synonyms · Characters · · latency stage · · Text Common · · Latin · · Scripts 13 · · Length 4 · · Syllables Definitions · · · (noun) (psychoanalysis) the fourth period (from about age 5 or 6 until puberty) during which sexual interests are supposed to be sublimated into other activities. Synonyms: latency stage, latency phase, latency period. · · Noun Definition 1 Synonyms · · · latency phase · · Synonym 1 latency period · · Synonym 2 Characters · · space U+0020 a latin small letter a U+0061 c latin small letter c U+0063 e latin small letter e U+0065 g latin small letter g U+0067 l latin small letter l U+006C n latin small letter n U+006E s latin small letter s U+0073 t latin small letter t U+0074 y latin small letter y U+0079