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OEDIPUS COMPLEX

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Oedipus complex mean? 

OEDIPUS COMPLEX (noun)
  The noun OEDIPUS 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 unresolvedplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


OEDIPUS 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 ("Oedipus 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)


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