oedipal

[ ed-uh-puhl, ee-duh- ]

adjective

, (often initial capital letter)

1. of, characterized by, or resulting from the Oedipus complex.

Word History and Origins

Origin of oedipal¹

First recorded in 1935–40; Oedip(us complex) + -al ¹

Example Sentences

It was like an Oedipal thing because Chevy left, and there was a feeling like he left them.

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He knows how to be a narcissistic fighter and an Oedipal fighter.

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“There are two kinds of fighting—narcissistic fighting and Oedipal fighting,” Frank went on.

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The idea for these edgy Oedipal works came to Prince when he was looking through a catalogue of de Kooning's Women series.

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