oedipus : Idioms & Phrases
king oedipus
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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
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noun South American tamarin with a tufted head
pinche.
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oedipus complex
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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
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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.