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sexual complex

sexual complex noun: a psychological complex involving fixations of a sexual nature; a fetish.

Noun

sexual complex (plural sexual complexes)

  1. A psychological complex involving fixations of a sexual nature; a fetish.

Forms of sexual complex

pluralsexual complexes

Origin of sexual complex

From the work of Sigmund Freud.

Questions about sexual complex

What does sexual complex mean?
Sexual complex means a psychological complex involving fixations of a sexual nature; a fetish.
What part of speech is sexual complex?
Sexual complex is a noun.
What is the plural of sexual complex?
The plural of sexual complex is sexual complexes.

Words near sexual complex in the dictionary

  1. sexual assault
  2. sexual assaults
  3. sexual cannibalism
  4. sexual capital
  5. sexual climax
  6. sexual complex
  7. sexual complexes
  8. sexual congress
  9. sexual dichromatism
  10. sexual dichromatisms
  11. sexual dichronism

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