According to Freud, a boy's sexual attachment to his mother and jealousy of his father is called

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The Oedipal complex is a psychoanalytic theory proposed by Sigmund Freud, which refers specifically to a boy's sexual attraction to his mother and jealousy of his father. The term comes from the Greek myth of Oedipus, who unknowingly killed his father and married his mother. Freud believed that this complex emerges as a natural part of psychosexual development and must be resolved for healthy adult functioning.

According to Freud, a Boy's Sexual Attachment to His Mother