Oedipus complexnoun [ C usually singular ]
uk/ˌiː.dɪ.pəs ˈkɒm.pleks/us/ˌiː.dɪ.pəs ˈkɑːm.pleks/in psychology (= the study of the human mind), a child's sexual desire for their parent of the opposite sex, especially that of a boy for his mother
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Science of psychology & psychoanalysis
- cognitive psychology
- commit
- committal
- Freudian
- gestalt
- id
- inkblot test
- Oedipal
- psych
- psycho
- psychoanalyse
- psychological
- repression
- screw sb up
- shock therapy
- shrink
- superego
- trance
- transference
- word association
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