Definition of oralist in English:
oralist
adjectiveˈɔːr(ə)lɪstˈôrələst
Relating to or advocating oralism.
Example sentencesExamples
- As schools faced the challenge of oralist policies, Deaf churches gained greater influence by promoting cohesion within the community.
- Moreover, oralist promises that Deaf children could speak pulled at the heart strings of parents who wanted to hear their children's voices, who wanted their children to be ‘normal’ like them.
- Highly organized and well-funded oralist organizations dominated the field of education in America and many European nations by the early twentieth century as well.
- But after the Congress of Milan on deaf education oralist approaches gradually became universal.
- A team formed by Deaf Life investigated the well-known Moscow Institute, and proclaimed it a failed experiment, in essence because of its rigid oralist program.
noun ˈɔːr(ə)lɪstˈôrələst
A profoundly deaf person who uses speech and lip-reading to communicate, rather than sign language.