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Oedipus complex

Oedipus complex

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Oedipus complex

Etymology

Named after Oedipus in Greek mythology, who unwittingly killed his father and married his mother.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈidəpəs ˈkɒmplɛks/
Audio (US): (file)
IPA^(key): /ˈɛdəpəs ˈkɒmplɛks/

Noun

Oedipus complex (plural Oedipus complexes)

(psychoanalysis) In Freudian theory, the complex of emotions aroused in a child by an unconscious sexual desire for the parent of the opposite sex.

Derived terms

Oedipal

Translations

Freudian theory

Armenian: էդիպյան բարդույթ (ēdipyan barduytʻ)
Catalan: complex d'Èdip m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 戀母情結／恋母情结 (zh) (liànmǔqíngjié)
Czech: oidipovský komplex m
Esperanto: Edipa konflikto
Finnish: oidipuskompleksi (fi)
French: complexe d’Œdipe (fr) m
German: Ödipuskomplex (de) m, Ödipuskonflikt m
Greek: Οιδιπόδειο σύμπλεγμα n (Oidipódeio sýmplegma)
Irish: coimpléacs Éideapúis m
Japanese: エディプスコンプレックス (Edipusu-konpurekkusu)
Macedonian: Едипов комплекс m (Edipov kompleks)
Norwegian: ødipuskompleks
Polish: kompleks Edypa m
Portuguese: complexo de Édipo m
Russian: эди́пов ко́мплекс (ru) m (edípov kómpleks)
Spanish: complejo de Edipo (es) m
Swedish: oidipuskomplex (sv) n
Turkish: Ödipus karmaşası, Ödipus kompleksi, Ödipal karmaşa
Yiddish: עדיפּוס קאָמפּלעקס m (edipus kompleks)

See also

Electra complex