OEDIPUS COMPLEX


Meaning of OEDIPUS COMPLEX in English

n. Psychol. (according to Freud etc.) the complex of emotions aroused in a young (esp. male) child by a subconscious sexual desire for the parent of the opposite sex and wish to exclude the parent of the same sex. øøOedipal adj. [Gk Oidipous, legendary king of Thebes who unknowingly killed his father and married his mother]

English main colloquial, spoken dictionary.      Английский основной разговорный словарь.