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Oedipally
adverb
uk /ˈiː.dɪ.pəl.i/ us /ˈe.dɪ.pəl.i/
in a way that relates to an Oedipus complex(= in the study of the human mind, a child's sexual desire for their parent of the opposite sex, especially that of a boy for his mother):
It's a fascinating, Oedipally influenced tale in which the main character kills his father and almost ends up marrying his mother.
She is always Oedipally trying to please her father.
All the characters are interesting, but it is the Oedipally troubled older son who is the most intriguing.
The psychoanalyst considered the child to be Oedipally arrested.
He plays the Oedipally damaged son who longs to prove himself to his father.
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