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adj. - Relating to the Greek legend of the boy who killed his father and married his mother.

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  • Patrick 4:23 am on June 25, 2008 | # | Reply maybe none of it happened and it was some kind of oedipal fantasy all along.
  • (Some sort of reverse oedipal going on, yet disregard.)
  • Although don't remember it as a series of oedipal moments.
  • She distinguished between pre-oedipal and oedipal depression.
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