Electra complex

Key to the film is the concept of the Electra complex; a daughter's psychosexual competition with her mother for her father's affection.

She has an Electra complex about the Senator, calling him "Daddy".

In psychology, the Electra complex is also named after her.

An especially cherished or spoiled daughter (see Electra complex)

Its female counterpart is called the Electra complex.

This phenomena also occurs in girls, and is referred to by some as the Electra complex.

Later, the Electra complex was designated as a girl's sexual love for her father, in competi- tion with her mother.

Though not advocated by Freud himself, the term 'Electra complex' is sometimes used in this context.

It develops as a result of the Electra complex that brings the hatred of the mother and the father's love.

I wrote it off to your monstrous Electra complex.