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Detailed Synonyms for Oedipal complex in English
Oedipal complex:
Oedipal complex [the ~] noun
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the Oedipal complex
– a complex of males; desire to possess the mother sexually and to exclude the father; said to be a source of personality disorders if unresolved 1the Oedipal complex; the Oedipus complex– a complex of males; desire to possess the mother sexually and to exclude the father; said to be a source of personality disorders if unresolved 1