Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun oedipus_complex

1 sense of oedipus complex

Sense 1
Oedipus complex, Oedipal complex -- (a complex of males; desire to possess the mother sexually and to exclude the father; said to be a source of personality disorders if unresolved)
       => complex -- ((psychoanalysis) a combination of emotions and impulses that have been rejected from awareness but still influence a person's behavior)