Electra complex

[ ih-lek-truh kom-pleks ]

noun

, Psychoanalysis.

1. a daughter's unconscious sexual desire directed toward her father, usually originating in childhood: designation based on the Greek myth of Electra and Agamemnon. Compare Oedipus complex.

Electra complex

noun

1. psychoanal the sexual attachment of a female child to her father See also penis envy

Word History and Origins

Origin of Electra complex¹

First recorded in 1910–15