Oedipus complex

== English == === Etymology === Named after Oedipus in Greek mythology, who unwittingly killed his father and married his mother. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈidəpəs ˈkɒmplɛks/ IPA(key): /ˈɛdəpəs ˈkɒmplɛks/ === Noun === Oedipus complex (plural Oedipus complexes) (psychoanalysis) In Freudian theory, the complex of emotions aroused in a child by an unconscious sexual desire for the parent of the opposite sex. ==== Derived terms ==== Oedipal ==== Translations ==== === See also === Electra complex