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Electra complex en · NOUN

Etymology

With reference to Electra of Greek mythology, who killed her mother.

Meanings

1. The theory that a female's psychological development involves a sexual attachment to the father and jealousy of the mother.
   • "No plot! Why, dammit girl, it's all plot, woven about that most fascinating of human problems, the Electra complex!" 1961, Xavier Herbert, Soldiers' Women, Netley, SA: Fontana Books, published 1978, page 234:

Forms

Relateds

Oedipus complex

Translations (5)

pl kompleks Elektry (Psychoanalytical theory) · fr complexe d'Électre (Psychoanalytical theory) · ga coimpléacs Éileictre (Psychoanalytical theory) · de Elektrakomplex (Psychoanalytical theory) · ru ко́мплекс Эле́ктры (Psychoanalytical theory)