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Electra Complex

Carl Jung's female equivalent to Freud's Oedipus Complex; the theory that during the Freud's phallic stage of childhood development, girls develop a sexual attachment to their father (or father figure), leading them to want to kill mother and marry their father. The name derives from the Greek myth of Electra, who wanted to avenge her father's death by killing her mother, who was responsible for the murder.
Guy 1: Don't date girls with an Electra complex, mate.

Guy 2: Why not?

Guy 1: They think their father is God; you'll never measure up.
by Tzel September 10, 2009
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Lolita Complex

A sexual complex similar to that of the Shotaro Complex.

The Lolita Complex describes a sexual attraction to younger girls, usually by adult males. Females may also have it, but they are not as common.

It is named for the title character in the novel by Vladimir Nabokov. The story involved a man who became obssessed with a 12-year-old girl.

The Lolita Complex is often shortened to lolicon.
Those with the Lolita Complex may be attracted to precocious little girls.
by Sarahsuke January 16, 2005
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Agrajag Complex

A psychotic need to avenge oneself on a group, nation, or whatever because of real or alleged victimisation visited on one's ancestors by the ancestors of the target. The person afflicted with the Agrajag Complex almost - indeed sometimes literally - seems to regard such insults as having been visited on themself personally, and dwells on the grievance so much that they cripple themselves mentally and emotionally. From the character of Agrajag in Douglas Adams' Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series of novels, who has reincarnated many times as a wide variety of different creatures, each of which was killed (or at least looked at in their last moments, Agrajag believes smugly), by Arthur Dent. Agrajag returns to take revenge on Dent in the form of a giant mutant bat with long curving teeth that lacerate his own face every time he moves his jaw.
These Northern Irish Nationalists and Unionists can all be seen to suffer from a form of Agrajag Complex.

She's a neo-pagan Luddite with an Agrajag Complex.
by Fearman March 12, 2008
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complex number

(MATHEMATICS) a number consisting of a real number and an imaginary number; imaginary numbers are multiples of the square root of -1.
You need a complex number to express the value of an electromagnetic wave function.
by Abu Yahya April 23, 2010
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Admin Complex

The feeling of superiority over co workers because you feel you have the same powers as your boss, when in reality you have no power at all.
Wow, Kathy really has an admin complex, she keeps barking orders around like she runs this office. I don't think she realizes she's a glorified secretary.
by TheKingOfSwing March 4, 2011
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God Complex

A psychosis based in uncontrolled narcissism, inflated arrogance and a perceived need to subjugate and/or ridicule other individuals deemed to be inferior or unworthy.
That Dalek Prime guy has a God Complex
by Arby Prime January 4, 2021
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legal-industrial complex

Legal-industral complex (n): The tendancy for a system of laws to become self-reinforcing and ever-increasingly complicated in order to provide continual employment for legal professionals. The legal-industrial complex is especially prominent in the United States, where a disproportionately high number of educated individuals choose to become lawyers as a default career path and/or attend law school without having much idea of what they actually want to do with a law degree, the result of which is a lawyer for roughly every hundred people.
Joe Bob: "Have you decided what to do with your liberal arts degree yet?"

Mary Jane: "Well, in an economy like this, there are no jobs available for people with my training. So I guess I'll go to law school."

Joe Bob: "Wow, you're going to become part of the legal-industrial complex."
by SpliffRollaJ June 29, 2010
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