Electra complex

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The theory that a female's psychological development involves a sexual attachment to the father and jealousy of the mother.

Word forms

Electra complex Electra complexes

Etymology

With reference to Electra of Greek mythology, who killed her mother.

Related words

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