What Is the Oedipus Complex?

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2. Freud Coined The Term

Sigmund Freud is considered by many to be the founder of modern psychology. He took an approach to psychology like nobody had ever before and set the basis for a lot of today’s understanding of how the mind works. A lot of what he thought has been shown to be faulty, but still his work proved to be a platform from which others could make progress.

It was Freud that first coined the term ‘Oedipus complex’. He named the phenomena after Oedipus, a mythical Greek King who married his own mother after killing his father. He goes on to suggest that it is a natural part of growing up and is important for a son to grow to be well mentally.

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