Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

primal horde

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.97 in modern English

Syllables: pri-mal horde
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

In Freudian psychoanalysis, an archetypal cathexis of the sons usurping their father's hierarchical position; the basis of the Oedipus complex, and sometimes resulting in totemism.

Example Sentences

"… Freud's analyses from his 1913 Totem and taboo, of how the primal horde of rebellious sons overcame the patriarchal father and set up public totems and taboos as means to eternalize their resultant guilt."

Inflected Forms

primal hordes (plural)

Questions

What does primal horde mean?: In Freudian psychoanalysis, an archetypal cathexis of the sons usurping their father's hierarchical position; the basis of the Oedipus complex, and sometimes resulting in totemism.

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