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Definition of Electra complex
1. Noun. A complex of females; sexual attraction to the father.
Definition of Electra complex
1. Noun. (psychoanalysis) The theory that a female's psychological development involves a sexual attachment to the father and jealousy of the mother. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Electra complex
1. Female counterpart of the Oedipus complex in the male; a term used to describe unresolved conflicts during childhood development toward the father which subsequently influence a woman's relationships with men. Synonym: father complex. Origin: Electra, daughter of Agamemnon (05 Mar 2000)
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Literary usage of Electra complex
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Theory of Psychoanalysis by Carl Gustav Jung (1915)
"... Electra-complex give rise to a conflict, if adults cannot succeed in spiritually
freeing themselves; hence arises the possibility of neurotic ..."
2. Collected papers on analytical psychology by Carl Gustav Jung, Constance Ellen Long (1917)
"... which may be designated in male individuals as the (Edipus-complex and in
females as the Electra-complex. These terms convey their own meaning exactly. ..."
3. The New Psychology and Its Relation to Life by Arthur George Tansley (1920)
"... com- 1 The pathological complex arising in the mind of a daughter in relation
to her father has been distinguished as the Electra-complex. ..."
4. Nervous and mental disease monograph series (1915)
"... and Electra-complex give rise to a conflict, if adults cannot succeed in
spiritually freeing themselves; hence arises the possibility of neurotic ..."
5. The American Journal of Psychology by Granville Stanley Hall, Edward Bradford Titchener (1920)
"... and the greatest contribution found in any of her books is the revelation of
the Father-complex—" Electra " complex, if we use the Freudian name. ..."
6. The Elements of Practical Psycho-analysis by Paul Bousfield (1920)
"The two complexes that are thus formed are respectively termed the (Edipus Complex,
ie, the love of the son for the mother, and the electra complex, ie, ..."
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