Oedipus complex

Oedipus complex definition - medical

Oed·i·pus complex (ĕdˈə-pəs, ēˈdə-)

noun
In psychoanalytic theory, a subconscious sexual desire in a child, especially a male child, for the parent of the opposite sex, usually accompanied by hostility to the parent of the same sex.

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