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Oedipus complex

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Oedipus complex
n.
In psychoanalysis, a subconscious sexual desire in a child, especially a male child, for the parent of the opposite sex, usually accompanied by hostility to the parent of the same sex.

Oedipus complex [ee-dip-puss]
Noun
Psychoanal the usually unconscious sexual desire of a child, esp. a male child, for the parent of the opposite sex
oedipal adj
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Noun1.Oedipus complex - a complex of males; desire to possess the mother sexually and to exclude the father; said to be a source of personality disorders if unresolved
complex - (psychoanalysis) a combination of emotions and impulses that have been rejected from awareness but still influence a person's behavior

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