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