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Electra complex
[ ih-lek-truh kom-pleks ]
noun
, Psychoanalysis.
- 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
- See penis envypsychoanal 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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