Definition Oedipus complex in British English

Oedipus complex

[countable] noun

/ˈiːdɪpəs ˌkɒmpleks/

From the ancient Greek story of Oedipus who, without realizing what he was doing, killed his father and married his mother.

an unconscious sexual feeling that a son has towards his mother, at the same time hating his father

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