Electra complex
Freudian daughter syndrome
The Electra complex is a psychoanalytic term for a daughter's unconscious sexual desire for her father, paired with rivalry toward her mother.
It mirrors the Oedipus complex in boys.
The concept, named for the Greek mythological figure who helped kill her mother, originated with Carl Jung rather than Freud and remains controversial in modern psychology.
Founder of psychoanalysis
- JungAnalytical psychology founder
- psychosexualRelating to mental-erotic development
- father-daughterPaternal bond with girl
- unconsciousNot awake or aware
penis envy · identification · libido · repression · fixation · neurosis · transference · rivalry
Mycenaean king, war leader
- ClytemnestraGreek queen, husband-slayer
- OrestesMatricidal prince of myth
- SophoclesClassical Athenian playwright
- EuripidesGreek tragic dramatist
Aeschylus · Greek tragedy · Mycenae · matricide · revenge · Furies · Iphigenia · House of Atreus
Paternal bond with girl
- mother-daughterFemale parent-child pair
- rivalryOngoing contest between opponents
- jealousyResentful desire for another's advantages
- attachmentConnection or fondness
resentment · identification · bonding · dynamics · conflict · competition · favoritism · triangulation
Freud
Founder of psychoanalysis
- JungAnalytical psychology founder
- psychosexualRelating to mental-erotic development
- father-daughterPaternal bond with girl
unconscious · penis envy · identification · libido · repression · fixation · neurosis · transference · rivalry · attachment
Agamemnon
Mycenaean king, war leader
- ClytemnestraGreek queen, husband-slayer
- OrestesMatricidal prince of myth
- SophoclesClassical Athenian playwright
Euripides · Aeschylus · Greek tragedy · Mycenae · matricide · revenge · Furies · Iphigenia · House of Atreus · Argos
father-daughter
Paternal bond with girl
- mother-daughterFemale parent-child pair
- rivalryOngoing contest between opponents
- jealousyResentful desire for another's advantages
attachment · resentment · identification · bonding · dynamics · conflict · competition · favoritism · triangulation · ambivalence
- Mythological WordsAchilles heel, Adonis, aegis, ambrosia, Apollo
- psychoanalysisFreud, id, ego, unconscious, Sigmund Freud
- complexes
- psychosexualitylibido, sexuality, sexual orientation, heterosexuality, homosexuality
- groupingsgroups, categories, classes, divisions, clusters
- psychologypsychology, psychologist, therapist, psychiatrist, clinical psychology
Electra, complex, complexes, complexion, complexioned, complexly, complexity, complexities