Oedipusn.

Brit.

/ˈiːdᵻpəs/, U.S.

/ˈɛdəpəs/,

/ˈidəpəs/

Forms: 1500s Edipus, 1500s– Oedipus.

Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek Οἰδιποδ-.

Etymology: < ancient Greek Οἰδιποδ-, Οἰδίπους, lit. ‘swollen-footed’ ( < οἰδ- , root of οἰδεῖν to swell (see oedema n.) + ποδ- , πούς foot: see -pod comb. form), the name of the Theban hero who, according to an ancient Greek legend, solved the riddle propounded by the Sphinx and unknowingly killed his father and married his mother.According to the legend, Oedipus's feet were deformed after his father Laius had pinned them together and left him as a baby to die on Mount Cithaeron, having been told by an oracle that he would be killed by his own son. Freud's psychological interpretation is first found (in German) in S. Freud Die Traumdeutung (1900) 265; the term Ödipuskomplex is first found in S. Freud Über einen besonderen Typus der Objektwahl beim Manne (1910) 192.

With allusion to Oedipus's deciphering of the riddle of the Sphinx: a person who is clever at solving riddles or puzzles. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > a profound secret, mystery > puzzle, enigma, riddle > solution of puzzle, riddle, etc. > [noun] > act of solving > one who or that which solves

Oedipus1557

unriddler1657

1557 Earl of Surrey et al. Songes & Sonettes sig. N.ii Incase you can so hard a knot vnknit: You shall I count an Edipus in wit.

1583 B. Melbancke Philotimus (new ed.) sig. Bb3 Thy publicke desertes conioyned with the intricate doggednes of nature, would appose the skilfullest oedipus in their description.

1605 B. Jonson Sejanus iii. i. 64 I am not Oedipus inough, To vnderstand this Sphynx.

1628 J. Earle Micro-cosmogr. xiv. sig. D2 Hee h'as beene long a riddle himselfe, but at last finds Oedipusses.

a1734 R. North Examen (1740) ii. iv. §81. 271 These are Things which an ordinary Oedipus would easily collect from the Word Meal-Tub.

1777 H. Walpole Lett. (1857) VI. 449 No mortal man could be found to expound those letters: not an Œdipus in the whole society.

1844 Lancet 3 June 301/2 You have become the Oedipus at last, and the wise need no longer be puzzled.

1844 R. W. Emerson Ess. 2nd Ser. vi. 210 Her secret is untold. Many and many an Oedipus arrives: he has the whole mystery teeming in his brain.

1890 Athenæum 18 Jan. 77/1 To play the Œdipus is to most people an intellectual delight beyond all others.

Compounds

C1. attributive. Denoting or relating to a situation in which a child develops a desire for the parent of the opposite sex (esp. a son for his mother) at an early stage of sexual development: Oedipus fantasy, Oedipus phase, Oedipus theory, Oedipus situation, etc.Originally with reference to Freud's psychoanalytical interpretation of Sophocles' play Oedipus Tyrannus, in which Oedipus kills his father and marries his mother. Later used more generally (with allusion to Freudian theory).

ΚΠ

1910 Amer. Jrnl. Psychol. 21 97 The illustration of the attitude of son to parent is..transpicuous in the Œdipus legend.]

1913 E. Jones Papers on Psycho-anal. xviii. 381 (heading) Note on the Œdipus Saving Phantasy.

1926 J. I. Suttie tr. S. Ferenczi Further Contrib. Psycho-anal. ix. 112 The patient..was here realizing sexual intercourse displaced ‘from below upwards’ (from the ‘Oedipus phantasy’).

1943 H. Read Educ. through Art vi. 179 It is the Oedipus situation which gives rise to those idealistic tendencies in humanity which we know as religion, morality, custom, etc.

1950 R. P. Bissell Stretch on River xxi. 207 ‘It's a transferral of intent. It's a result of childhood trauma. It's Oedipus denial,’ said my sister-in-law.

1963 A. Heron Towards Quaker View of Sex 59 That acceptance which would permit the Oedipus phase to be ‘worked through’.

1964 J. M. Argyle Psychol. & Social Probl. i. 19 The Oedipus theory has been found not to be universal.

1972 H. L. Muslin in S. C. Post Moral Values & Superego Concept v. 109 Guilt as a result of the introjection of the Oedipus love objects.

1999 T. Lott White City Blue 236 Sometimes I can see why Colin goes for that whole Oedipus thing. Not that I want to bang old Flossie, but it's nice to have her looking after me again.

C2.

Oedipus complex n. originally Psychoanalysis (in Freudian theory) a complex of emotions aroused in a young (originally and esp. male) child by a subconscious sexual desire for the parent of the opposite sex and a wish to exclude the parent of the same sex, which, if not resolved naturally, may lead to repression, guilt feelings, and an inability to form normal emotional or sexual relationships; cf. Electra n.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > psychology > theory of psychoanalysis > theories of Freud > child's desire for parent > [noun]

Oedipus complex1910

1910 E. Jones in Amer. Jrnl. Psychol. 21 72 (heading) The Œdipus-complex as an explanation of Hamlet's mystery.

1920 S. Freud in Internat. Jrnl. Psycho-anal. 1 133 The girl had quietly passed through the normal stage of the feminine Oedipus complex, and had..begun to replace her father by a brother slightly older than herself.

1969 Listener 17 Apr. 543/3 ‘I have to tell you, madam,’ the psychiatrist said, ‘that your son is suffering from an Oedipus complex.’ ‘What does it matter,’ she replied, ‘so long as he loves his mum?’

2000 Times 30 Aug. ii. 21/1 Most actors make idiotic choices, playing Hamlet mad or with an Oedipus complex.

Oedipus effect n. [with allusion to that part of the legend of Oedipus which evidences the self-fulfilling nature of a prophecy or prediction] the influence of a prediction on the predicted event.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > carrying out > [noun] > fulfilment of a wish, prophecy, etc. > self-fulfilling (of prophecy or prediction)

self-fulfilment1821

Oedipus effect1957

1957 K. R. Popper Poverty of Historicism i. 13 I suggest the name ‘Oedipus effect’ for the influence of the prediction upon the predicted event..whether this influence tends to bring about the predicted event, or whether it tends to prevent it.

1972 I. C. Jarvie Concepts & Society iv. 124 By our belief in them [sc. class beliefs] and an acute Oedipus effect, they verify themselves.

1994 Jrnl. Econ. Lit. 32 757/2 The ‘Oedipus effect’ in social forecasting.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	oedipus
释义	Oedipusn. Brit. /ˈiːdᵻpəs/, U.S. /ˈɛdəpəs/, /ˈidəpəs/ Forms: 1500s Edipus, 1500s– Oedipus. Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek Οἰδιποδ-. Etymology: < ancient Greek Οἰδιποδ-, Οἰδίπους, lit. ‘swollen-footed’ ( < οἰδ- , root of οἰδεῖν to swell (see oedema n.) + ποδ- , πούς foot: see -pod comb. form), the name of the Theban hero who, according to an ancient Greek legend, solved the riddle propounded by the Sphinx and unknowingly killed his father and married his mother.According to the legend, Oedipus's feet were deformed after his father Laius had pinned them together and left him as a baby to die on Mount Cithaeron, having been told by an oracle that he would be killed by his own son. Freud's psychological interpretation is first found (in German) in S. Freud Die Traumdeutung (1900) 265; the term Ödipuskomplex is first found in S. Freud Über einen besonderen Typus der Objektwahl beim Manne (1910) 192. With allusion to Oedipus's deciphering of the riddle of the Sphinx: a person who is clever at solving riddles or puzzles. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > a profound secret, mystery > puzzle, enigma, riddle > solution of puzzle, riddle, etc. > [noun] > act of solving > one who or that which solves Oedipus1557 unriddler1657 1557 Earl of Surrey et al. Songes & Sonettes sig. N.ii Incase you can so hard a knot vnknit: You shall I count an Edipus in wit. 1583 B. Melbancke Philotimus (new ed.) sig. Bb3 Thy publicke desertes conioyned with the intricate doggednes of nature, would appose the skilfullest oedipus in their description. 1605 B. Jonson Sejanus iii. i. 64 I am not Oedipus inough, To vnderstand this Sphynx. View more context for this quotation 1628 J. Earle Micro-cosmogr. xiv. sig. D2 Hee h'as beene long a riddle himselfe, but at last finds Oedipusses. a1734 R. North Examen (1740) ii. iv. §81. 271 These are Things which an ordinary Oedipus would easily collect from the Word Meal-Tub. 1777 H. Walpole Lett. (1857) VI. 449 No mortal man could be found to expound those letters: not an Œdipus in the whole society. 1844 Lancet 3 June 301/2 You have become the Oedipus at last, and the wise need no longer be puzzled. 1844 R. W. Emerson Ess. 2nd Ser. vi. 210 Her secret is untold. Many and many an Oedipus arrives: he has the whole mystery teeming in his brain. 1890 Athenæum 18 Jan. 77/1 To play the Œdipus is to most people an intellectual delight beyond all others. Compounds C1. attributive. Denoting or relating to a situation in which a child develops a desire for the parent of the opposite sex (esp. a son for his mother) at an early stage of sexual development: Oedipus fantasy, Oedipus phase, Oedipus theory, Oedipus situation, etc.Originally with reference to Freud's psychoanalytical interpretation of Sophocles' play Oedipus Tyrannus, in which Oedipus kills his father and marries his mother. Later used more generally (with allusion to Freudian theory). ΚΠ 1910 Amer. Jrnl. Psychol. 21 97 The illustration of the attitude of son to parent is..transpicuous in the Œdipus legend.] 1913 E. Jones Papers on Psycho-anal. xviii. 381 (heading) Note on the Œdipus Saving Phantasy. 1926 J. I. Suttie tr. S. Ferenczi Further Contrib. Psycho-anal. ix. 112 The patient..was here realizing sexual intercourse displaced ‘from below upwards’ (from the ‘Oedipus phantasy’). 1943 H. Read Educ. through Art vi. 179 It is the Oedipus situation which gives rise to those idealistic tendencies in humanity which we know as religion, morality, custom, etc. 1950 R. P. Bissell Stretch on River xxi. 207 ‘It's a transferral of intent. It's a result of childhood trauma. It's Oedipus denial,’ said my sister-in-law. 1963 A. Heron Towards Quaker View of Sex 59 That acceptance which would permit the Oedipus phase to be ‘worked through’. 1964 J. M. Argyle Psychol. & Social Probl. i. 19 The Oedipus theory has been found not to be universal. 1972 H. L. Muslin in S. C. Post Moral Values & Superego Concept v. 109 Guilt as a result of the introjection of the Oedipus love objects. 1999 T. Lott White City Blue 236 Sometimes I can see why Colin goes for that whole Oedipus thing. Not that I want to bang old Flossie, but it's nice to have her looking after me again. C2. Oedipus complex n. originally Psychoanalysis (in Freudian theory) a complex of emotions aroused in a young (originally and esp. male) child by a subconscious sexual desire for the parent of the opposite sex and a wish to exclude the parent of the same sex, which, if not resolved naturally, may lead to repression, guilt feelings, and an inability to form normal emotional or sexual relationships; cf. Electra n. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > psychology > theory of psychoanalysis > theories of Freud > child's desire for parent > [noun] Oedipus complex1910 1910 E. Jones in Amer. Jrnl. Psychol. 21 72 (heading) The Œdipus-complex as an explanation of Hamlet's mystery. 1920 S. Freud in Internat. Jrnl. Psycho-anal. 1 133 The girl had quietly passed through the normal stage of the feminine Oedipus complex, and had..begun to replace her father by a brother slightly older than herself. 1969 Listener 17 Apr. 543/3 ‘I have to tell you, madam,’ the psychiatrist said, ‘that your son is suffering from an Oedipus complex.’ ‘What does it matter,’ she replied, ‘so long as he loves his mum?’ 2000 Times 30 Aug. ii. 21/1 Most actors make idiotic choices, playing Hamlet mad or with an Oedipus complex. Oedipus effect n. [with allusion to that part of the legend of Oedipus which evidences the self-fulfilling nature of a prophecy or prediction] the influence of a prediction on the predicted event. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > carrying out > [noun] > fulfilment of a wish, prophecy, etc. > self-fulfilling (of prophecy or prediction) self-fulfilment1821 Oedipus effect1957 1957 K. R. Popper Poverty of Historicism i. 13 I suggest the name ‘Oedipus effect’ for the influence of the prediction upon the predicted event..whether this influence tends to bring about the predicted event, or whether it tends to prevent it. 1972 I. C. Jarvie Concepts & Society iv. 124 By our belief in them [sc. class beliefs] and an acute Oedipus effect, they verify themselves. 1994 Jrnl. Econ. Lit. 32 757/2 The ‘Oedipus effect’ in social forecasting. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1557
随便看	behighter behighteth behind behind back behind backs behind bars behind fortifications behind one's back behind one's time behind the back of behind the bicycle shed behind the bicycle sheds behind the counter behind the curtain behind the ears behind the eight ball behind the scenes behind the sticks behind the time behind the times behind the veil behind-back behind-backs behind-forth behind-rider