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Oedipus_complex

Oedipus complex

English

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.

Translations

Freudian theory

Catalan: complex d'Èdip m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 戀母情結 (zh), 恋母情结 (zh) ‎(liànmǔqíngjié)
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 ‎(Édipov kómpleks)
Norwegian: ødipuskompleks
Polish: kompleks Edypa m
Portuguese: complexo de Édipo m
Russian: эди́пов ко́мплекс (ru) m ‎(edípov kómpleks)
Spanish: complejo de Edipo m
Swedish: oidipuskomplex n
Yiddish: עדיפּוס קאָמפּלעקס m ‎(edipus kompleks)

Derived terms

Oedipal

See also

Electra complex