Oedipus complex

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Freudian theory

Armenian: էդիպյան բարդույթ (ēdipyan barduytʿ)
Catalan: complex d'Èdip m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 戀母情結 (zh), 恋母情结 (zh) (liànmǔqíngjié)
Czech: oidipovský komplex m
Esperanto: Edipa konflikto
Finnish: oidipuskompleksi (fi)
French: complexe d’Œdipe (fr) m
German: Ödipuskomplex (de) m, Ödipuskonflikt m
Greek: Οιδιπόδειο σύμπλεγμα n (Oidipódeio sýmplegma)

Irish: coimpléacs Éideapúis m
Japanese: エディプスコンプレックス (Edipusu-konpurekkusu)
Macedonian: Едипов комплекс m (Édipov kómpleks)
Norwegian: ødipuskompleks
Polish: kompleks Edypa m
Portuguese: complexo de Édipo m
Russian: эди́пов ко́мплекс (ru) m (edípov kómpleks)
Spanish: complejo de Edipo m
Swedish: oidipuskomplex (sv) n
Yiddish: עדיפּוס קאָמפּלעקס‎ m (edipus kompleks)

See also

Electra complex

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