| oedipus | (n) (Greek mythology) a tragic king of Thebes who unknowingly killed his father Laius and married his mother Jocasta; the subject of the drama `Oedipus Rex' by Sophocles, Syn. Oedipus Rex, King Oedipus |
| oedipus complex | (n) a complex of males; desire to possess the mother sexually and to exclude the father; said to be a source of personality disorders if unresolved, Syn. Oedipal complex |