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electra complex

/ɪˈlɛktrə ˈkɒmplɛks/

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/ɪˈlɛktrə ˈkɒmplɛks/C1formalscientific
  • ruПсихоаналитическая концепция, описывающая бессознательное сексуальное влечение девочки к отцу и чувство соперничества с матерью, считающаяся женским аналогом эдипова комплекса.

A psychoanalytic concept describing a girl's unconscious sexual attraction to her father and feelings of rivalry with her mother, considered the female counterpart of the Oedipus complex.

  1. C2formal

    A psychoanalytic concept describing a girl's unconscious sexual attraction to her father and rivalry with her mother, considered the female counterpart of the Oedipus complex.

    ruПсихоаналитическая концепция

    • The therapist discussed the Electra complex in relation to her patient's childhood.
    • Freud's theories on the Electra complex remain controversial in modern psychology.
    • The novel's protagonist exhibited signs of an unresolved Electra complex.