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The Electra complex is the psychoanalytic theory that a female's psychosexual development involves a sexual attachment to her father, and is analogous to a boy's attachment to his mother that forms the basis of the Oedipus complex.
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Latinized form of Greek Ηλεκτρα (Elektra), derived from ηλεκτρον (elektron) meaning "amber".
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In Greek mythology, Electra (Greek: Ἠλέκτρα) was an Argive princess and daughter of King Agamemnon and Queen Clytemnestra, and was a sibling to sisters Iphigeneia, Chrysothemis, and brother Orestes.
She is the main character in the Greek tragedies Electra by Sophocles and Electra by Euripides and has inspired various other works.
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