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oedipal

/ed-uh-puhl, ee-duh-/US // ˈɛd ə pəl, ˈi də- //

恋母情结,恋母,恋母狂,恋母情节

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : of, characterized by, or resulting from the Oedipus complex.

Examples

  • It was like an Oedipal thing because Chevy left, and there was a feeling like he left them.

  • He knows how to be a narcissistic fighter and an Oedipal fighter.

  • “There are two kinds of fighting—narcissistic fighting and Oedipal fighting,” Frank went on.

  • The idea for these edgy Oedipal works came to Prince when he was looking through a catalogue of de Kooning's Women series.

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