Definition of Oedipus complex in English:
Oedipus complex
nounˈiːdɪpəskɒmplɛksˈɛdəpəs ˌkɑmplɛks
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.).
Example sentencesExamples
- Winch attempted to relate the extent of resolution of the Oedipus complex to progress in people's courtship behavior.
- This was to become the personal (though by no means exclusive) basis for his theory of the Oedipus complex.
- The Oedipus complex is the psychoanalytic term everyone knows, and the ideas behind it were first mooted in 1899's The Interpretation of Dreams.
- Today nearly all of Freud's concepts - transference, countertransference, repression, the Oedipus complex - are under scrutiny.
- Jung also argued that the Oedipus complex was not the universal phenomenon that Freud declared it to be.
Origin
Early 20th century: by association with Oedipus.
Definition of Oedipus complex in US English:
Oedipus complex
nounˈɛdəpəs ˌkɑmplɛksˈedəpəs ˌkämpleks
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.).
Example sentencesExamples
- Winch attempted to relate the extent of resolution of the Oedipus complex to progress in people's courtship behavior.
- Jung also argued that the Oedipus complex was not the universal phenomenon that Freud declared it to be.
- This was to become the personal (though by no means exclusive) basis for his theory of the Oedipus complex.
- Today nearly all of Freud's concepts - transference, countertransference, repression, the Oedipus complex - are under scrutiny.
- The Oedipus complex is the psychoanalytic term everyone knows, and the ideas behind it were first mooted in 1899's The Interpretation of Dreams.
Origin
Early 20th century: by association with Oedipus.