oedipus : Idioms & Phrases

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king oedipus

  • noun (Greek mythology) a tragic king of Thebes who unknowingly killed his father Laius and married his mother Jocasta; the subject of the drama `Oedipus Rex' by Sophocles
    Oedipus; King Oedipus.
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leontocebus oedipus

  • noun South American tamarin with a tufted head
    pinche.
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oedipus complex

  • noun a complex of males; desire to possess the mother sexually and to exclude the father; said to be a source of personality disorders if unresolved
    Oedipal complex.
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oedipus rex

  • noun (Greek mythology) a tragic king of Thebes who unknowingly killed his father Laius and married his mother Jocasta; the subject of the drama `Oedipus Rex' by Sophocles
    Oedipus; King Oedipus.
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