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Electra complex

[ ih-lek-truh kom-pleks ]

noun

, Psychoanalysis.
  1. a daughter's unconscious sexual desire directed toward her father, usually originating in childhood: designation based on the Greek myth of Electra and Agamemnon. Compare Oedipus complex.

Electra complex

noun

  1. See penis envy
    psychoanal the sexual attachment of a female child to her father See also penis envy

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Word History and Origins

Origin of Electra complex1

First recorded in 1910–15

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