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Oedipal complex

DEFINITIONS OF: Oedipal complex

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n 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

Synonyms:
Oedipus complex
Type of:
complex
(psychoanalysis) a combination of emotions and impulses that have been rejected from awareness but still influence a person's behavior
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