Jocasta complex

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English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Introduced by Raymond de Saussure in 1920, after the character Jocasta from Greek mythology.

Noun[edit]

Jocasta complex (plural Jocasta complexes)

  1. (psychology) The incestuous sexual desire of a mother towards her son.
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