| NOUN | feeling | Oedipal complex, Oedipus complex | a complex of males |
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| Meaning | 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. | |
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| Synonym | Oedipus complex | |
| Broader | complex | (psychoanalysis) a combination of emotions and impulses that have been rejected from awareness but still influence a person's behavior |
| Catalan | complex d'Èdip, Complex d'Èdip | |
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