This shows grade level based on the word's complexity.
oedipal
[ ed-uh-puhl, ee-duh- ]
/ ˈɛd ə pəl, ˈi də- /
Save This Word!
This shows grade level based on the word's complexity.
adjective (often initial capital letter)
of, characterized by, or resulting from the Oedipus complex.
QUIZ
ARE YOU A TRUE BLUE CHAMPION OF THESE "BLUE" SYNONYMS?
We could talk until we're blue in the face about this quiz on words for the color "blue," but we think you should take the quiz and find out if you're a whiz at these colorful terms.
Question 1 of 8
Which of the following words describes “sky blue”?
Meet Grammar CoachImprove Your Writing
Origin of oedipal
First recorded in 1935–40; Oedip(us complex) + -al1
Words nearby oedipal
OECS, oecumenical, oecus, OED, oedema, oedipal, oedipal phase, Oedipean, oedipism, Oedipus, Oedipus at Colonus
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2021
How to use oedipal in a sentence
It was like an Oedipal thing because Chevy left, and there was a feeling like he left them.
Bill Murray’s Words of Wisdom: On Comedy, the Greatness of In-N-Out, and Searching For Great Love|Marlow Stern|October 10, 2014|DAILY BEASTHe knows how to be a narcissistic fighter and an Oedipal fighter.
“There are two kinds of fighting—narcissistic fighting and Oedipal fighting,” Frank went on.
The idea for these edgy Oedipal works came to Prince when he was looking through a catalogue of de Kooning's Women series.
Medical definitions for oedipal
oedipal
adj.
Of or characteristic of the Oedipus complex.
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.