oedipus complex

English - Turkish

Definition of oedipus complex in English Turkish dictionary

(tm) dip kompleksi

erkek çocuğun annesini babasından kıskanması

odip kompleksi [tıp.]

(Tıp) Erkek çocuğun annesine karşı duyduğu bilinçsiz kıskanması, bu durumdan suçluluk hissine kapılması ve birçok ruhsal çöküntülerin ortaya çıkması

(Pisikoloji, Ruhbilim) oedipus kompleksi

odip kompleksi

Related Terms

complex of oedipus

(Pisikoloji, Ruhbilim) oidipus kompleksi

English - English

Definition of oedipus complex in English English dictionary

In Freudian theory, the complex of emotions aroused in a child by an unconscious sexual desire for the parent of the opposite sex

psychological complex characterized by a son's sexual attraction toward his mother and jealousy of his father

If a boy or man has an Oedipus complex, he feels sexual desire for his mother and has hostile feelings towards his father. In psychoanalysis, a subconscious sexual desire in a child, especially a male child, for the parent of the opposite sex, usually accompanied by hostility to the parent of the same sex. according to Freudian psychology, when a son unconsciously feels sexual desire for his mother, combined with a hatred for his father. In psychoanalytic theory, a desire for sexual involvement with the parent of the opposite sex and a sense of rivalry with the parent of the same sex. The term was introduced by Sigmund Freud in his Interpretation of Dreams (1899) and is derived from the mythological Oedipus, who killed his father and married his mother; its female analogue is the Electra complex. Considered a normal stage in the development of children ages three to five, it ends when the child identifies with the parent of the same sex and represses its sexual instincts. Freud believed that the process of overcoming the Oedipus complex gave rise to the superego

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

Hyphenation

Oe·di·pus com·plex

Turkish pronunciation

ōdipıs kımpleks

Pronunciation

/ōˈdēpəs kəmˈpleks/ /oʊˈdiːpəs kəmˈplɛks/

Etymology

() Named after Oedipus in Greek Mythology, who unwittingly killed his father and married his mother.