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Oedipean Definition


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Oedipus complex
noun
    1. The repressed sexual desire of a son for his mother, and the subsequent rivalry with his father, considered by Freud to represent a normal stage of child development.
    2. The corresponding sexual desire of a daughter for her father, and the subsequent rivalry with her mother.
Derivative: Oedipal
adj
    Derivative: Oedipean
    adj
      Etymology: Early 20c: from Greek Oidipous (literally ‘Swell-foot'), the name of a legendary king of Thebes, who unwittingly killed his father and married his mother.



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