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noun [countable] Oedipus complex pronunciation in American English /ˈedɪpəs ˌkɑmpleks/Oedipus complex pronunciation in American English /ˈidɪpəs ˌkɑmpleks/
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singularOedipus complex
pluralOedipus complexes
  1. an unconscious sexual feeling that a son has toward his mother, at the same time hating his father
Word story
From the Greek story of Oedipus who, without realizing what he was doing, killed his father and married his mother.



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