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Example sentences for: oedipal

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Plus, I worry that this ever so slightly Oedipal situation is going to get in the way of his commitment to me.
Critics also like the way the story has been rewritten to add some psychological depth (it's now an Oedipal allegory).
In 1974, he exhibited a series of deathbed portraits of his father, a New York clothing retailer, which struck many viewers (including Avedon's son) as an act of unchecked Oedipal hostility.
But it would be impossible for anyone in Bush's shoes not to bear an especially heavy Oedipal burden.
The target of my skepticism has been psychodynamic therapy, whereby the patient's manifestly perceived problems, beliefs, and feelings are treated as mere "compromise formations" tossed to the surface by deep turmoil that can only be resolved by dredging for repressed memories, Oedipal cravings, and the like.