Jo·cas·ta complex (j -k s t )n. In psychoanalytic theory, a mother's libidinous fixation on a son. |
Jocasta complex
Psychiatry 1. The sexual desire, usually latent, that a mother has for a son or 2. The domineering and intense, but non-incestuous love that an affect-hungry mother has for an intelligent son, and an often absent or weak
father figure. See Oedipus complex. Cf Folie á deux, Phaedra complex.
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