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Manualism

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oralismnounA philosophy of education for the deaf, opposed to manualism, that uses spoken language consisting of lipreading, speech, the process of watching mouth movements, and mastering breathing techniques.
gesturalismnounThe use of gesture in communication.
audismnoun(sociology) Discrimination against deaf people in favor of hearing people.
audiolingualismnounThe audiolingual method of language learning.
gesturalistnoun(linguistics) One who believes that language developed from gestures.
audiocentrismnounA focus on sound and hearing (often to the detriment of deaf individuals).
pasimologynounThe use of gestures as a means of communication.
cherologynounThe equivalent of phonology for sign languages.
didacticismnoun(uncountable) An artistic philosophy that emphasises instructional and informative qualities over mere entertainment.
disciplinismnoun(education, historical) An educational approach aiming to foster effective thought and action.
autodidacticismnounself-education; self-directed learning.
semiologynounSemiotics, the study of signs.
automatismnoun(uncountable) Automatic or involuntary action.
learnedismnoun(especially linguistics of Greek) A word acquired through formal education rather than through childhood language acquisition.
interpretationismnoun(philosophy) The analysis of the mental by interpretation of the physical
sematologynounThe science of signs, particularly of verbal signs, in the operation of thinking and reasoning; the science of language as expressed by signs.
naturalismnoun(philosophy) Any system of philosophy which refers the phenomena of nature as a blind force or forces acting necessarily or according to fixed laws, excluding origination or direction by a will.
operationismnoun(philosophy) The doctrine that the meaning of a term consists of the operation(s) performed in defining it
labiomancynounLipreading.
defectologynoun(in the former Soviet Union) The training of teachers of handicapped children.

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