Jocasta Complex

Jo·cas·ta complex (j-kst)

n.

In psychoanalytic theory, a mother's libidinous fixation on a son.

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Jocasta Complex

(1) The usually latent sexual desire that a mother has for a son
(2) The domineering and intense, but non-incestuous love that an mother has for an intelligent son, and an often absent or weak father figure

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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.