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Electra Complex
For Electra Complex we have terms and definitions in 2 topics. The topics are Developmental Psychology and Sex.
Electra Complex (Developmental Psychology) 
The unconscious tendency of a daughter to be attached to her father and hostile toward her mother.
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Electra Complex (Sex)
In psychoanalytic theory, the female child's erotic desire for the father and simultaneous fear of the mother. It is the female analog to the Oedipal complex.
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