Electra complex

Electra complex

noun Psychoanalysis.
the unresolved, unconscious libidinous desire of a daughter for her father: designation based on the Greek myth of Electra and Agamemnon.


Origin:
1910–15
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Electra complex
 
n
psychoanal See also penis envy the sexual attachment of a female child to her father

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Electra complex E·lec·tra complex (ĭ-lěk'trə)
n.
In psychoanalytic theory, a daughter's unconscious libidinal desire for her father.

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