Electra complex

[ ih-lek-truh-kom-pleks ]

nounPsychoanalysis.
  1. a daughter's unconscious sexual desire directed toward her father, usually originating in childhood: designation based on the Greek myth of Electra and Agamemnon.: Compare Oedipus complex.

Origin of Electra complex

1
First recorded in 1910–15

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British Dictionary definitions for Electra complex

Electra complex

noun
  1. psychoanal the sexual attachment of a female child to her father: See also penis envy

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