Oedipus complex
noun
- Psychoanalysis (in Freudian theory) the complex of emotions aroused in a young child, typically around the age of four, by an unconscious sexual desire for the parent of the opposite sex and wish to exclude the parent of the same sex. (The term was originally applied to boys, the equivalent in girls being called the Electra complex.)【心理分析】(弗洛伊德理论用语)俄狄浦斯情结, 恋母情结(幼儿, 尤其在4岁左右时, 因对其双亲中的异性亲人的潜意识性欲和对同性亲人的排斥愿望而产生的情结; 此语原用于男孩, 用于女孩的称为Electracomplex恋父情结)。
派生词
Oedipal
adjective词源
early 20th cent.: by association with OEDIPUS.