Electra complex
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nounDefinition of ELECTRA COMPLEX
: the Oedipus complex when it occurs in a female
First Known Use of ELECTRA COMPLEX
1913
Rhymes with ELECTRA COMPLEX
Elec·tra complex
noun \i-ˌlek-trə-\ (Medical Dictionary)Medical Definition of ELECTRA COMPLEX
: the Oedipus complex when it occurs in a female
Biographical Note for ELECTRA COMPLEX
Elec·tra, \i-ˈlek-trə\ (audio pronunciation) Greek mythological character. Electra was the daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra and the sister of Orestes. After the murder of their father by their mother and her lover, the brother and sister conspired to murder the two lovers. The Electra complex is so named because of Electra's intense devotion to her father.
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