1. in a manner relating to or characteristic of the Oedipus complex
Usage: psychology; technical

Examples

• The patient was responding oedipally to his therapist’s questions about his mother.
• She interpreted his behavior oedipally, seeing it as a classic case of unresolved childhood conflicts.
• The character in the novel acts oedipally throughout the story.
• His attachment to his mother was viewed oedipally by the psychoanalyst.
• The dream was analyzed oedipally by the Freudian therapist.