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–noun Psychoanalysis.

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

Compare Oedipus complex.

Origin:
1910–15

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Main Entry: Elec·tra complex
Pronunciation: i-"lek-tr&-
Function: noun
: the Oedipus complex when it occurs in a female
Elecátra /i-'lek-tr&/, Greek mythological character. Electra was the daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra and the sister of Orestes. After the murder of their father by their mother and herlover, the brother and sister conspired to murder the two lovers. The Electra complex is so named because of Electra's intense devotion 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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