Oedipus complex

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Oe·di·pus com·plex /ˈiːdəpəs ˌkɒmpleks $ ˈedəpəs ˌkɑːm-/ noun  MPSSFaccording to Freudian psychology, when a son unconsciously feels sexual desire for his mother, combined with a hatred for his father 俄狄浦斯情结，恋母情结〔弗洛伊德心理学中指儿子无意识地依恋母亲并仇视父亲的心理〕

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Oedipus complex• The discovery not of a social reality but of an individual female disease: the Oedipus complex.• The Symbolic order assures him he can maintain his self through the repetition of positions first established in the Oedipus complex.

Oe·di·pus com·plex nounChineseSyllable  

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Oedipus complex
Oe‧di‧pus com‧plex /ˈiːdəpəs ˌkɒmpleks, ˈiːdɪpəs ˌkɒmpleks $ ˈedəpəs ˌkɑːm-/ noun
according to Freudian psychology, when a son unconsciously feels sexual desire for his mother, combined with a hatred for his father

Oedi·pus com·plexBrE /ˈiːdɪpəs kɒmpleks/ 🔊NAmE /ˈiːdɪpəs kɑːmpleks/ 🔊, usually /ˈedɪpəs kɑːmpleks/ 🔊 noun [singular] (psychology 心理) feelings of sexual desire that a boy has for his mother and the jealous feelings towards his father that this causes 恋母情结  ➡  compare Electra complex ORIGIN From the Greek story of Oedipus, whose father Laius had been told by the oracle that his son would kill him. Laius left Oedipus on a mountain to die, but a shepherd rescued him. Oedipus returned home many years later but did not recognize his parents. He killed his father and married his mother, Jocasta. 源自希腊故事《俄狄浦斯》。拉伊俄斯由神谕得知，儿子俄狄浦斯将会杀害他，便将儿子置于山野，任其自灭。但俄狄浦斯为牧羊人所救，多年后返回家园，却不认得父母。他杀死了父亲，娶了母亲伊俄卡斯塔。