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Definition of Electra complex noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Electra complex

noun
 
/ɪˈlektrə kɒmpleks/
 
/ɪˈlektrə kɑːmpleks/
[singular] (psychology)
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  1. a young girl’s unconscious sexual attraction to her father compare Oedipus complex
    Word Originearly 20th cent.: named after Electra, the daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra in Greek mythology.
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