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noun
The theory that a female's psychological development involves a sexual attachment to the father and jealousy of the mother.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: human-sciences, medicine, psychoanalysis, psychology, sciences
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noun
a complex of females; sexual attraction to the father
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: complex
History
With reference to Electra of Greek mythology, who killed her mother.
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