Oedipus complex
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
Oedipus complex/ˈiːdɪpəskɒmpleks/
▶noun (in Freudian theory) the complex of emotions aroused in a young child by an unconscious sexual desire for the parent of the opposite sex.
– derivatives
Oedipal adjective,
Oedipally adverb.
Oedipal adjective,
Oedipally adverb.
– origin early 20th cent.: by assoc. with Oedipus, who, in Greek mythology, unwittingly killed his father and married his mother.
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