femininity complex

[ fĕm′ə-nĭn′ĭ-tē ]

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n.

In psychoanalytic theory, the unconscious fear, in boys and men, of castration at the hands of the mother with resultant identification with the imagined aggressor and envious desire for breasts and vagina.

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It was a complex task they were asked to do, and every cultural and experiential advantage would be required.
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However, their presence shows that Mars could have a more complex and evolving chemical story.
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KSM enters the complex through a “Sally Port,” a series of gates designed to allow just one vehicle in at a time.
9/11 Mastermind Is Afraid of the Ladies|Tim Mak|December 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
We are a huge, complex, diverse country still offering freedom, opportunity and hope.
Dick Cheney vs. ‘Unbroken’|Mike Barnicle|December 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST

If Congress struggles to keep the lights on, how could it deal with issues as complex as police brutality?
Sharpton Recalls Civil Rights Struggle in DC March Against Police Violence|Ben Jacobs|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The act of the Covenanting Society is complex, and is the aggregate of the actings of all who compose it.
The Ordinance of Covenanting|John Cunningham
He knows when a sentiment is simple and when it is complex, when the heart is a dupe of the mind and when of the senses.
Repertory Of The Comedie Humaine, Complete, A -- Z|Anatole Cerfberr and Jules Franois Christophe
Comes of living alone and making a success of it, I suppose, getting ahead of mere femininity and all the pettinesses of life.
Ancestors|Gertrude Atherton
We have exquisite types of femininity in Tuscany, said the young man, with patriotic ardor.
The Fifth String |John Philip Sousa
The solution of the problem, if complex in all clinical affections, is especially so in epilepsy.
A Statistical Inquiry Into the Nature and Treatment of Epilepsy|Alexander Hughes Bennett

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