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Electra complexes

Electra complexes is the plural of Electra complex.

Meaning of Electra complex

Noun

Electra complex (plural Electra complexes)

  1. The theory that a female's psychological development involves a sexual attachment to the father and jealousy of the mother.
    • "No plot! Why, dammit girl, it's all plot, woven about that most fascinating of human problems, the Electra complex!"1961, Xavier Herbert, Soldiers' Women, Netley, SA: Fontana Books, published 1978, page 234

Questions about Electra complexes

What is Electra complexes the plural of?
Electra complexes is the plural of Electra complex.

Words near Electra complexes in the dictionary

  1. electour
  2. electours
  3. electr-
  4. Electra
  5. Electra complex
  6. Electra complexes
  7. electracy
  8. electragist
  9. electragists
  10. electragol
  11. electragy

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