castration complex









castration complex


noun Psychoanalysis.

  1. an unconscious fear of losing the genital organs, especially as punishment for oedipal feelings.

noun

  1. psychoanal an unconscious fear of having one’s genitals removed, as a punishment for wishing to have sex with a parent

n.

  1. In psychoanalytic theory, a child’s fear of injury to the genitals by the parent of the same sex as punishment for unconscious guilt over oedipal feelings.
  2. An unconscious fear of injury from those in authority.
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