Oedipus complex
English
editEtymology
editNamed after Oedipus in Greek mythology, who unwittingly killed his father and married his mother.
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editNoun
editOedipus complex (plural Oedipus complexes)
- (psychoanalysis) In Freudian theory, the complex of emotions aroused in a child by an unconscious sexual desire for the parent of the opposite sex.
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editFreudian theory
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