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Oedipus

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Oedipus is a term commonly associated with Greek mythology and psychoanalysis. In Greek mythology, Oedipus was a tragic hero who, unknowingly, killed his father and married his mother. In psychoanalysis, the term refers to the Oedipus complex, which symbolizes a child's unconscious sexual desires for their opposite-sex parent.

Sample sentences:

• According to Greek mythology, Oedipus solves the riddle of the Sphinx and becomes the king of Thebes.
• The Oedipus complex, as proposed by Sigmund Freud, is an essential concept in psychoanalytic theory.
• She discovered that her son had an Oedipus complex when he started displaying overly affectionate behavior towards her.

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