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castration complex

noun, Psychoanalysis
an unconscious fear of losing the genital organs, especially as punishment for oedipal feelings.
1910-15 Unabridged
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castration complex

(psychoanal) an unconscious fear of having one's genitals removed, as a punishment for wishing to have sex with a parent
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
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cast-ration complex in Medicine

castration complex n.

  1. In psychoanalytic theory, a child's fear of injury to the genitals by the parent of the same sex as punishment for unconscious guilt over oedipal feelings.

  2. An unconscious fear of injury from those in authority.

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