- Oedipal complex
- nouna complex of males; desire to possess the mother sexually and to exclude the father; said to be a source of personality disorders if unresolved• Syn: ↑Oedipus complex• Hypernyms: ↑complex
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Oedipal complex
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oedipal — oe·di·pal || É™dɪpl / ɪËdɪpl adj. pertaining to Oedipus (Greek Mythology); pertaining to the Oedipal complex (Psychology) … English contemporary dictionary
Oedipal stage — Oedipal stage, Oedipus complex See psychoanalysis … Dictionary of sociology
Oedipal — (adj.) 1939, of or pertaining to desire felt for opposite sex parent, from Oedipus complex (1910), coined by Freud from Sophocles play Oedipus Tyrannus, in which the title character, the Theban hero, answers the Sphinx s riddle and unknowingly… … Etymology dictionary
Oedipal — [ed′i pəl, ē′dipəl] adj. [also o ] of or relating to the Oedipus complex … English World dictionary
Oedipal — Oedipus complex ► 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. ORIGIN by association with Oedipus in Greek… … English terms dictionary
complex — 1. An organized constellation of feelings, thoughts, perceptions, and memories that may be in part unconscious and may strongly influence associations and attitudes. 2. In chemistry, the relatively stable combination of two or more compounds into … Medical dictionary
oedipal — adjective related to an Oedipus complex: oedipal fantasies … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
oedipal — /ed euh peuhl, ee deuh /, adj. (often cap.) of, characterized by, or resulting from the Oedipus complex. [1935 40; OEDIP(US COMPLEX) + AL1] * * * … Universalium
oedipal — adjective Usage: often capitalized Date: 1939 of, relating to, or resulting from the Oedipus complex • oedipally adverb, often capitalized … New Collegiate Dictionary
Oedipal — adjective /idəpɛl,idəpəl/ Of or relating to the Oedipus complex … Wiktionary
