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biodiversity
biodiversity A portmanteau term, which gained popularity in the late 1980s, used to describe all aspects of biological diversity, especially including species richness, ecosystem complexity, and genetic variation.... Read more
complexity
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Oedipus complex
Oedipus complex Freudian term, drawn from the myth of Oedipus , designating attraction on the part of the child toward the parent of the opposite sex and rivalry and hostility toward the parent of its own. It occurs during the phallic stage of the psycho-sexual development of the personality, appr... Read more
ligand
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transition elements
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arabesque
arabesque [Fr.,=Arabian], in art, term applied to any complex, linear decoration based on flowing lines. In Islamic art it was often exploited to cover entire surfaces. The arabesque in modern usage derives from a Renaissance design which was Greco-Roman in inspiration. ... Read more
lignin
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natural selection
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prosthetic group
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Alfred Adler
Alfred Adler , 1870-1937, Austrian psychologist, founder of the school of individual psychology. Although one of Sigmund Freud's earlier associates, he rejected the Freudian emphasis upon sex as the root of neurosis. Adler broke with Freud in 1911, maintaining that feelings of helplessness during ch... Read more

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Electra complex
Book article from: World Encyclopedia Electra complex See Oedipus complex Read more
Oedipus complex
Book article from: World Encyclopedia Oedipus complex In psychoanalytic theory, a collection of unconscious...this stage between the ages of three and five. The complex in females is sometimes known as the Electra complex, a term coined by C. G. Jung . The theory has been... Read more
Euripides
Book article from: World Encyclopedia ...controversy. The significance of the chorus was reduced in favour of a more complex examination of individual behaviour, especially women in love. His works, such as Medea , Electra , Hecuba , and the anti-war satire Trojan Women , have been radically... Read more
Sophocles
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature ...which seven survive, including Ajax, The Women of Trachis, Electra , and Philoctetes . The group known as the Theban plays, Oedipus...Erechtheus (1876); and later, Freud hit on the term ‘Oedipus complex’ to describe certain features of infantile sexuality... Read more
Circle in the Square
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Theatre ...Circle in the Square, was built on 50th Street in the same complex as the Uris (now Gershwin ) Theatre. The company retains the...opened with a revival of O'Neill's trilogy Mourning Become Electra ), but the economics of being a Broadway house put the nonprofit... Read more

Dictionary entries related to "Electra complex"

Electra complex
Book article from: A Dictionary of Nursing Electra complex (i- lek -tră) n. (in Freudian psychoanalytic theory) the unconscious sexual feelings of a girl for her father, accompanied by aggressive feelings for her mother. Compare Oedipus complex . Read more
Electra
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable Electra in Greek mytholgy, the daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra...revenge for the murder of Agamemnon. Her name is used in Electra complex , a dated term in psychoanalysis for the Oedipus complex as manifested in young girls. Electra is also the name of one of the Pleiades , daughter ... Read more
Oedipus complex
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English ...plex • n. Psychoanalysis (in Freudian theory) the complex of emotions aroused in a young child, typically around the...applied to boys, the equivalent in girls being called the Electra complex .) DERIVATIVES: Oed·i·pal / -pəl / adj. Read more
Oedipus
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable ...a fit of madness, while Jocasta hanged herself. Oedipus complex in Freudian theory, the complex of emotions aroused in a young child, typically around the...applied to boys, the equivalent in girls being called the Electra complex .) Read more

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Electra after Freud: Myth and Culture.(Book review)
Magazine article from: The Modern Language Review; 1/1/2007; ; 605 words ; ...the introduction to present Electra as a 'blank slate' (p. 11...theoretical attention the Electra complex has received is probably...interest in the post-Freudian Electra is not so much a quantitative...plays such as Sophocles' Electra (or Seneca's Agamemnon, a...debated outside the long ... Read more
Company hits new benchmark with Bosa deal: landscaper tackles the challenge of embellishing condo project from the street up.(Construction)
Magazine article from: San Diego Business Journal; 11/14/2005; ; 652 words ; ...earlier this year, months after construction began on Electra in August 2004. It's kind of fun, said Craig Mohns...we've done a lot of good work. Located at 700 W. E St., Electra will sit atop the site of the historic Station B, San Diego Gas & Electric Co.'s old building. Bosa will use Electra's ... Read more
Travelsphere founders sell up in [pounds sterling]144m deal.
Newspaper article from: Harborough Mail (Market Harborough, England); 5/12/2006; 256 words ; ...employers, Travelsphere, has been sold to a private equity company for [pounds sterling]144m. Electra Partners Europe, a buy-out firm specialising in complex deals, announced last Thursday it had backed the management buy-out of Travelsphere Group... Read more
Anschutz gave to election fund for Mayor of Carson.(Anschutz Entertainment Group)
Magazine article from: Los Angeles Business Journal; 12/2/2002; ; 700+ words ; ...An entity called Anschutz Southern California Sports Complex (identified as the developer of the complex) gave $2,500 to Frank. The indictments are part of a...which it has an interest. In Carson, that's the sports complex, called the Home Depot Center. Nestled on 85 acres on...excellent relations with ... Read more
Art Now Live.
Magazine article from: Art Monthly; 10/1/2007; ; 700+ words ; ...putting-into-language of art writing. Instead it exists within a complex set of networks where things feed into and affect one another...programme, Tate Britain, with the help of curatorial agency Electra, recently brought together five performance works that explored... Read more
MONICA BELLUCCI.
Magazine article from: Interview; 10/1/2000; ; 169 words ; ...oddly aloof woman, who has long banned her husband from their marital bed, is an adulteress or an ice queen with an Electra complex. Hollywood latched onto the grave beauty nine years ago: Bellucci played one of the sexy succubi who ravished Keanu... Read more
The World in a Cup: Exhibition Review.
Magazine article from: Tea & Coffee Trade Journal; 12/1/1999; ; 499 words ; ...visitors preferred the cool interior of the cavernous Montjuic II complex, and the cornucopia of tea and coffee products it contained...Westen's Mistral series, and the renaissance rediscovery of Electra's Belle Epoque range -- the espresso machine moves from workhorse... Read more
Pinnacle deals buck downward movement in Tri-Cities market. (Real Estate Awards--Dealing in Hard Times).(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Los Angeles Business Journal; 3/24/2003; ; 439 words ; ...213,000 square feet back onto the market, the Pinnacle office complex, developed by M. David Paul & Associates, was a leasing...decade's worth of acquisitions, including Atlantic Recording, Electra Entertainment, Maverick Records and Rhino Entertainment, among... Read more
Adolescents' perception of the ideal mate: its relationship to parental characteristics in intact and nonintact families.
Magazine article from: Adolescence; 6/22/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...influenced by their resolution of the Oedipus and Electra complexes and their experiences and relationships with their...to relate the extent of resolution of the Oedipus complex to progress in people's courtship behavior. He too... Read more
A View from the Bridge.(Review)
Magazine article from: New Criterion; 1/1/2000; ; 700+ words ; ...concerns the longshoreman Eddie Carbone from Brooklyn, and his complex relationship with his adopted niece, Catherine. When Eddie...the revised version of Marvin David Levy's Mourning Becomes Electra, the company was clearly hoping that lightning would strike... Read more