Meaning Of The Word Electra complex

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Electra complex in American English
the unconscious tendency of a daughter to be attached to her father and hostile toward her mother
noun: the unresolved, unconscious libidinous desire of a daughter for her father: designation based on the Greek myth of Electra and Agamemnon

Electra complex in British English
noun: the sexual attachment of a female child to her father

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