OEDIPAL COMPLEX

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Oedipal complex mean? 

• OEDIPAL COMPLEX (noun)
  The noun OEDIPAL COMPLEX has 1 sense:

1. 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

  Familiarity information: OEDIPAL COMPLEX used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OEDIPAL COMPLEX (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting feelings and emotions

Synonyms:

Oedipal complex; Oedipus complex

Hypernyms ("Oedipal complex" is a kind of...):

complex ((psychoanalysis) a combination of emotions and impulses that have been rejected from awareness but still influence a person's behavior)