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Meanings of penis envy in English

Russian
зависть к пенису
Portuguese
inveja do pênis
Catalan
enveja del penis
Spanish
envidia del pene

In Freudian psychoanalysis, the female psychosexual developmental stage when young girls experience anxiety upon realizing that they lack a penis; begins the transition from attachment to the mother to competition with the mother for the father.

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      Rose is also her mum's name, which at least makes for one hell of a spicy Electra complex.
      The Guardian
      Usage of penis envy in English
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      What's all this talk about sublimation and Oedipus complexes and penis envy?
      The new yorker
      2
      Freud was the brilliant mind behind penis envy, which is absurd.
      It Must Be Love
      3
      The damn woman has the worst case of penis envy I've ever seen.
      Transfer of power
      4
      At least no one can accuse you of penis envy.
      Dr Tatiana's Sex Advice to All Creation
      5
      For example, there is scant evidence of " penis envy" in nature.
      The Disposable Male
      6
      Inevitably, some saw penis envy in the text, rendering Alice's extending neck a kind of copycat erection.
      BBC
      7
      I didn't really know what they expected to hear-a bad case of penis envy, maybe, or Ten Nights with a Candle.
      Rage
      8
      This dendrological penis envy is about seeing trees as individuals detached from their forest identity, and it can work both ways.
      The Guardian
      9
      The JNU historian Tanika Sarkar was perhaps right in identifying " penis envy and anxiety about emasculation" among the principal reasons for anti-Muslim bigotry.
      The Guardian
      10
      "I sure bet you have penis envy now."
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