results from an apparently repressed Oedipus complex which leads to the unconscious need for punishment by authority figures.
MORAL MASOCHISM: "An undeveloped or repressed Oedipus complex will give rise to moral masochism according to Freud."
Cite this page: N., Sam M.S., "MORAL MASOCHISM," in PsychologyDictionary.org, April 7, 2013, https://psychologydictionary.org/moral-masochism/ (accessed June 29, 2022).
