oedipus
IPA: ˈɛdɪpʌs
Root Word: Oedipus
noun
- (Greek mythology) A son of Laius and Jocasta, who unwittingly killed his father and married his mother.
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Examples of "oedipus" in Sentences
- Oedipus conflict and regression.
- Feminism and the Oedipus complex.
- Oedipus finally solved the riddle.
- But Oedipus is not that sort of person.
- The myth in question was that of Oedipus.
- Oedipus was not the subject of child abuse.
- The background to the opera is the myth of Oedipus.
- The character of Cavil has echoes of the story of Oedipus.
- The Athenians overpower the Thebans and return both girls to Oedipus.
- Oedipus finally solved the riddle. Oedipus finally solved the riddle.