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oedipal

[ed-uh-puhl, ee-duh-]

adjective

(often initial capital letter)
  1. of, characterized by, or resulting from the Oedipus complex.



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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of oedipal1

First recorded in 1935–40; Oedip(us complex) + -al 1
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That Darth Vader revelation altered the drama from political animosity to Oedipal mythos.

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A sketch not featuring Chalamet, a mock commercial for “Oedipal Arrangements,” made the case for taking one’s relationship with their mother to, uh … the next level.

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More striking are the Oedipal tensions that flare up between Clara and Andrew.

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Most involve George Gershwin: Levant’s friend, benefactor and bête noire, dead 20 years yet still a kind of Oedipal rival.

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Rather than slotting in as a “horror” film, it can be categorized a little less neatly as a surreal three-hour Homeric odyssey about Jewish guilt, Oedipal angst and somebody named “Birthday Boy Stab Man.”

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