Oedipus complex
CONCEPT OF PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY; A CHILD'S UNCONSCIOUS SEXUAL DESIRE FOR THE OPPOSITE-SEX PARENT AND HATRED FOR THE SAME-SEX PARENT
Oedipal; Oedipal conflict; Oedipal complex; Oedipus conflict; Oidipal complex; Oedipean; Oedipean complex; Clitoris Envy; Oedipus Complex; Oedipus schema; Oedipal model; Oedipal fantasy; Pre-oedipal; Preoedipal; Pre-Oedipal; Mommy issues
¦ 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
Oedipally adverb
Origin
early 20th cent.: by assoc. with Oedipus, who, in Greek mythology, unwittingly killed his father and married his mother.