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oedipus
noun(Oe-di-pus)
the son of Laius and Jocasta who in fulfillment of an oracle unknowingly kills his father and marries his mother
oedipus
adjective(Oe-di-pus)
oedipal
oedipus
noun(Oe-di-pus)
the positive libidinal feelings of a child toward the parent of the opposite sex and hostile or jealous feelings toward the parent of the same sex that in Freudian psychoanalytic theory may be a source of adult personality disorder when unresolved

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