electra complex

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun electra complex has 1 sense

OXFORD DICTIONARY

electra complex, n. Psychol. a daughter's subconscious sexual attraction to her father and hostility towards her mother, corresponding to the Oedipus complex in a son.

Etymology
Electra in Gk tragedy, who caused her mother to be murdered for having murdered Electra's father

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