Oedipus complex

Oedipus complex

n.

In psychoanalysis, an unconscious sexual desire by a child, especially a male child, directed to the parent of the opposite sex, usually accompanied by hostility to the parent of the same sex.

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Oedipus complex

n

(Psychoanalysis) psychoanal a group of emotions, usually unconscious, involving the desire of a child, esp a male child, to possess sexually the parent of the opposite sex while excluding the parent of the same sex. Compare Electra complex

ˈoedipal, ˌoediˈpean adj

ˈoedipally adv

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Oed′ipus com`plex

n.

libidinous feelings toward the parent of the opposite sex, often also involving rivalry with the parent of the same sex: esp. applied to males and considered normal in young children.

Compare Electra complex.

[1905–10; < German (Freud, 1899)]

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Oedipus complex

The repressed desire of a boy or man for a sexual relationship with his mother.

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Thesaurus

Noun

1.

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 Oedipal complex 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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Translations

complexe d’Œdipe

complesso d'Edipocomplesso di Edipo

эдипов комплекс

Oedipus complex

n → Ödipuskomplex m

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Oedipus complex

n (Psych) → complesso di Edipo

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Oed·i·pus com·plex

n. complejo de Edipo, amor patológico del hijo a la madre acompañado de celos y antipatía al padre.

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