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Electra complex
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English
Etymology
With reference to Electra of Greek mythology, who killed her mother.
Noun
en psychoanalysis The theory that a female's psychological development involves a sexual attachment to the father and jealousy of the mother.
en 1961 Xavier Herbert Soldiers' Women 1978 Fontana Books Netley, SA 234 "No plot! Why, dammit girl, it's all plot, woven about that most fascinating of human problems, the Electra complex!"
Translations
Psychoanalytical theory
French: fr complexe d'Électre m,
German: de Elektrakomplex m
Irish: ga coimpléacs Éileictre m
Polish: pl kompleks Elektry m
Russian: ru ко́мплекс Эле́ктры m
See also
en Oedipus complex
en eponyms terms derived from Greek mythology
en Incest