| Electra complex | |
| —n | |
| psychoanal See also penis envy the sexual attachment of a female child to her father | |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
Electra complex E·lec·tra complex (ĭ-lěk'trə)
n.
In psychoanalytic theory, a daughter's unconscious libidinal desire for her father.