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Example sentences for: oedipal

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Some kind of oedipal thing," he did not add.
But it would be impossible for anyone in Bush's shoes not to bear an especially heavy Oedipal burden.
A "cold, contemptuous, and interminable Oedipal saga," says the Village Voice 's J. Hoberman, "just a big, static snooze."
Critics also like the way the story has been rewritten to add some psychological depth (it's now an Oedipal allegory).
An Oedipal permutation of this theory blames his affairs specifically on an early deficit of motherly attention and notes that many of his alleged lovers bear a resemblance to Virginia.