"Oedipus complex" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈidəpəs ˈkɒmplɛks/, /ˈɛdəpəs ˈkɒmplɛks/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-Oedipus complex.wav [US] Forms: Oedipus complexes [plural]
Etymology: Named after Oedipus in Greek mythology, who unwittingly killed his father and married his mother. Head templates: {{en-noun}} Oedipus complex (plural Oedipus complexes)
  1. (psychoanalysis) In Freudian theory, the complex of emotions aroused in a child by an unconscious sexual desire for the parent of the opposite sex. Wikipedia link: Oedipus complex Categories (topical): Incest, Psychoanalysis Derived forms: Oedipal Related terms: Electra complex Translations (Freudian theory): էդիպյան բարդույթ (ēdipyan barduytʻ) (Armenian), complex d'Èdip [masculine] (Catalan), 戀母情結 (Chinese Mandarin), 恋母情结 (liànmǔqíngjié) (Chinese Mandarin), oidipovský komplex [masculine] (Czech), Edipa konflikto (Esperanto), oidipuskompleksi (Finnish), complexe d’Œdipe [masculine] (French), Ödipuskomplex [masculine] (German), Ödipuskonflikt [masculine] (German), Οιδιπόδειο σύμπλεγμα (Oidipódeio sýmplegma) [neuter] (Greek), coimpléacs Éideapúis [masculine] (Irish), エディプスコンプレックス (Edipusu-konpurekkusu) (Japanese), Едипов комплекс (Edipov kompleks) [masculine] (Macedonian), ødipuskompleks (Norwegian), kompleks Edypa [masculine] (Polish), complexo de Édipo [masculine] (Portuguese), эди́пов ко́мплекс (edípov kómpleks) [masculine] (Russian), complejo de Edipo [masculine] (Spanish), oidipuskomplex [neuter] (Swedish), Ödipus karmaşası (Turkish), Ödipus kompleksi (Turkish), Ödipal karmaşa (Turkish), עדיפּוס קאָמפּלעקס (edipus kompleks) [masculine] (Yiddish)

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