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oedipalize

oedipalize verb: to make Oedipal; to integrate into, or affect with, an Oedipus complex.

Verb

oedipalize (third-person singular simple present oedipalizes, present participle oedipalizing, simple past and past participle oedipalized)

  1. (transitive) To make Oedipal; to integrate into, or affect with, an Oedipus complex.

Forms of oedipalize

third-person singular presentoedipalizes
present participleoedipalizing
past participleoedipalized
pastoedipalized

Origin of oedipalize

From Oedipal + -ize.

Questions about oedipalize

What does oedipalize mean?
Oedipalize means to make Oedipal; to integrate into, or affect with, an Oedipus complex.
What part of speech is oedipalize?
Oedipalize is a verb.
What is the past tense of oedipalize?
The past tense of oedipalize is oedipalized.

Words near oedipalize in the dictionary

  1. oedemerids
  2. oedemic
  3. oedicerotid
  4. oedicerotids
  5. oedipal
  6. oedipalize
  7. oedipalized
  8. oedipalizes
  9. oedipalizing
  10. oedipally
  11. Oedipean

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