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Psychoanal.an unconscious fear of losing the genital organs, esp. as punishment for oedipal feelings.[1910-15]
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castration complex
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castration complex — n a child s fear or delusion of genital injury at the hands of the parent of the same sex as punishment for unconscious guilt over oedipal strivings broadly the often unconscious fear or feeling of bodily injury or loss of power at the hands of… … Medical dictionary
castration complex — /kasˈtreɪʃən ˌkɒmplɛks/ (say kahs trayshuhn .kompleks) noun in males, the infantile fear of damage to or loss of the genital organs; in females, the fantasy that the penis was once possessed but lost by castration …
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castration — (n.) early 15c., castracioun, from L. castrationem (nom. castratio), noun of action from pp. stem of castrare to castrate, prune, related to *castrum knife, from PIE root *kes to cut (see CASTE (Cf. caste)). Freud s castration complex is attested … Etymology dictionary
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