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Definition of Oedipal in English: Oedipaladjective ˈiːdɪp(ə)l Psychoanalysis Relating to or characterized by an Oedipus complex. Example sentencesExamples - There's more here than just adolescent resentment and Oedipal rage.
- The conflict between the two is more than an Oedipal conflict between father and son.
- The Oedipal struggle between Archie and his awesome father reaches a crisis in Chapter 3.
- The Oedipal struggle only results in one dominant male being replaced by another.
- Tom feels guilty because, in a tortured reversal of the Oedipal triangle, he hated his son.
Derivatives adverb Psychoanalysis For the boy the serpent stands Oedipally for the desire for the mother. Example sentencesExamples - The strong-willed novelist struggles to balance the needs of her frail and temperamental lover against those of her high-spirited daughter and her Oedipally challenged son, who hates him for it.
- The Rat Man's guilt, arising from these oedipally murderous feelings, led him to deflect his hostility onto himself in the form of suicidal thoughts.
- The Oedipally challenged young writer struggling to find his way artistically and romantically, seems a good decade older than usual
- The Oedipally jealous son confronts his vain, self-deluding mother.
Definition of Oedipal in US English: Oedipaladjective Psychoanalysis Relating to or characterized by an Oedipus complex. Example sentencesExamples - The Oedipal struggle between Archie and his awesome father reaches a crisis in Chapter 3.
- The conflict between the two is more than an Oedipal conflict between father and son.
- The Oedipal struggle only results in one dominant male being replaced by another.
- Tom feels guilty because, in a tortured reversal of the Oedipal triangle, he hated his son.
- There's more here than just adolescent resentment and Oedipal rage.
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