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Oedipus complex   /ˈɛdɪpəs kˈɑmplɛks/   Listen
Oedipus 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: Oedipal complex.






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"Oedipus complex" Quotes from Famous Books



... desires, arising out of a metaphysical, undifferentiated yearning called libido. In the Freudian "psychology" the libido is mainly sex desire and takes the form of homosexual feelings, incest feelings (desire for the father or for the mother—the oedipus complex), desire for the sister or brother.[1] (The human being, according to Freud, goes through three stages in his sex life: first, a sex attachment to himself marked by thumb sucking, masturbation, etc., second, an attachment ...
— The Foundations of Personality • Abraham Myerson



Words linked to "Oedipus complex" :   Oedipal complex, complex



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