Electra complex

American

[ih-lek-truh kom-pleks] / ɪˈlɛk trə ˌkɒm plɛks /

noun

Psychoanalysis.

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

Electra complex British

noun

psychoanal the sexual attachment of a female child to her father See also penis envy

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Etymology

Origin of Electra complex

First recorded in 1910–15

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