Freud developed the love-hate relationship between parents and child as the Oedipus complex.
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Love-hate
//ˌlʌvˈheɪt//
Synonyms for "love-hate"
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10 translations across 6 languages.
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 恨海情天 adj (involving feelings of both love and hate, often simultaneously)
- 愛恨交加 /爱恨交加 adj (involving feelings of both love and hate, often simultaneously)
- 愛恨交織 /爱恨交织 adj (involving feelings of both love and hate, often simultaneously)
Finnish
1 entries- viha-rakkaus- (see viha-rakkaussuhde) adj (involving feelings of both love and hate, often simultaneously)
French
2 entries- d’amour-haine adj (involving feelings of both love and hate, often simultaneously)
- détestaimer verb (to feel both love and hate (for someone or something), often simultaneously)
German
2 entries- hassliebend adj (involving feelings of both love and hate, often simultaneously)
- hasslieben verb (to feel both love and hate (for someone or something), often simultaneously)
Italian
1 entries- odiosamato adj (involving feelings of both love and hate, often simultaneously)
Japanese
1 entries- 愛憎 adj (involving feelings of both love and hate, often simultaneously)
Sample sentences
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Lao Gan Ma and I have a love-hate relationship.
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The most accurate reflection of my feelings is that of a love-hate relationship.
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My grandmother has a love-hate relationship with computers.
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