Electra

American  

[ih-lek-truh] / ɪˈlɛk trə /

noun

1. Classical Mythology. Also Elektra the daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra who incited her brother Orestes to kill Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus.

2. Astronomy. one of the six visible stars in the Pleiades.

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Electra British  

/ ɪˈlɛktrə /

noun

1. Greek myth the daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra. She persuaded her brother Orestes to avenge their father by killing his murderess Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus

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Electra Cultural  

1. In classical mythology, a daughter of Agamemnon. To avenge his death, she helped her brother, Orestes, kill their mother and her lover.

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The “Electra complex” in psychology involves a girl's or woman's unconscious sexual feelings for her father.

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Previous attempts to find her Electra have also come up short.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026

The Buick Electra E7 is set to be SAIC-GM’s first premium new-energy vehicle model to go overseas in October.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026

Refn and co-screenwriter Esti Giordani seem to see Elle as a mythological tragic hero, equal parts Electra and Oedipus.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026

The show famously created a slew of stars, including Pamela Anderson and Carmen Electra, who got their start on the show, and catapulted David Hasselhoff to new heights of fame.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 20, 2026

From the very beginning she was surly with me, and she didn’t have to worry about getting over any Electra complex, because she never had one.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende

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