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Oedipus
nounmasculineliteraryuncommon/eˈdipu/É·di·po
Definition
1A figure in Greek mythology, king of Thebes, who unwittingly killed his father and married his mother.
Usage examples
“Oedipus is the tragic hero of Sophocles' play Oedipus Rex.”
“The Oedipus complex is a central concept in psychoanalysis.”