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Oedipal complex
/ˈɛdəpəl
kˈɑmplɛks/
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Oedipal complex
noun
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.
Synonym:
Oedipus complex
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