Oedipal phase

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Oedipal phase [′ēd·ə·pəl ‚fāz]

(psychology)

In psychoanalytic theory, the period of psychosexual development that represents a time of conflict between the child and parents, lasting approximately from 4 to 6 years of age.

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No references found			Although the Oedipal phase is the same for both sexes insofar as it is held together by the fantasy of reanimating a totemic mother, boys and girls give up the object on entirely different hands. Child's play: Britney Shakespeares by Kolarov, Viola / ArtUS He has never passed through the Oedipal phase since he has no father to bury. In search of a phallus: Jacinto's true quest in A Cidade e As Serras by Rothwell, Phillip / Portuguese Studies Instead, in a triumph of Trendian, we hear about such things as "ideological writing/rewriting," the notion of "hailing," Lacanian "theory of suture," Kristeva's "chromatic jouissance," Freud's "cynosural oedipal phase," and Sedgwick's views on "maternaphobic and homophobic" culture. Visualizing Boccaccio: Studies on Illustrations of The Decameron from ... by Kirkham, Victoria / Renaissance Quarterly			Odra Odría, Manuel ODS ODSA ODSI ODT Odum, Eugene Pleasants Odum, Howard W Odum, Howard Washington Odunde Festival ODVA Odwira Odysseus Odysseus' companions Odysseus' crew Odyssey Oe Kenzaburo Oe, Kenzaburo OECD Oecolampadius, Johannes Oecophoridae oecus oedema Oedemeridae Oedipal Oedipal phase Oedipus Oedipus complex Oedogoniales Oegophiurida Oegopsida Oehlenschlager, Adam Gottlob Oehlenschläger, Adam Gottlob Oehman's survey instrument oeil-de-boeuf OEL OEM OEM font OEMI Oenanthe Oeneus Oenochoe Oenone Oenothera Oenslager, Donald OEO Oepikellacea Oersted Oersted experiment Oersted, Hans Christian Oertel's Treatment			oedemata Oedematopus Oedematous Oedematous Oedematous Oedematous Retinopathy with Major Exudation Oedemerid Beetle Oedemeridae Oedenburg Oedenburg (Sopron) Oedepus Oedepus OEDER OEDF OEDG OEDGS OEDI OEDILF oedipal oedipal oedipal Oedipal complex Oedipal complex Oedipal complex Oedipal conflict Oedipal conflict Oedipal conflict Oedipal model Oedipal model Oedipal model Oedipal phase oedipally oedipally oedipally Oedipe Oedipe Oedipe Oedipean Oedipean Oedipean Oedipean complex Oedipean complex Oedipean complex oedipism Oedipus Oedipus Oedipus complex Oedipus complex Oedipus complex Oedipus complex Oedipus conflict Oedipus conflict Oedipus conflict Oedipus effect Oedipus effect Oedipus Rex Oedipus schema Oedipus schema Oedipus schema Oedipus the King OEDIT

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