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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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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of oedipal1

First recorded in 1935–40; Oedip(us complex) + -al 1
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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.â€

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Then again, if there is a point to “Beau Is Afraid,†I suppose it’s that parent-child relationships, particularly mother-son relationships, are so elemental, so Oedipal, that there can be no rational understanding thereof.

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