Example sentences of "the parent of the same [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the parent of the opposite sex was unconsciously seductive with this adult when a young child , and if the excitement of the love of and for this parent was felt to be too dangerous , or was disapproved of by the parent of the same sex , passion and excitement within marriage may continue to be forbidden by an inner imperative . |
| 2 | In their unconscious , they have achieved their wish to have sexual relations with the parent of the opposite sex , or even with the parent of the same sex . |
| 3 | For example , the ways in which a child , boy or girl , relates to the parent of the same sex seems to be produced by something more than what is given in the actual family situation . |
| 4 | It is encouraged by parental approval and bolstered also by identification with the parent of the same sex which takes place in the child . |
| 5 | In the individual it is largely modelled on the parents — normally most particularly on the parent of the same sex — and in the species derives from the collective parent — the father of the primal horde . |
| 6 | The essence of the unconscious conflict in paranoia relates more to the parent of the same sex than it does to that of the opposite one . |
| 7 | Furthermore children tend to identify with the parent of the same sex . |
| 8 | In continuing to speak of healthy relationships between children and parents , Searles emphasised the resolution of the Oedipal strivings , not just by the child 's identification with the parents of the same sex , not just by the final taboo and containment of the feelings , but also by the parent 's renunciation of the reciprocated romantic feelings with a real sense of loss , and also by the love between the parents to which the child owed his existence . |