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In Psychoanalysis, the term castration complex refers to fear of losing one's penis among male children. Freud and Lacan saw this childhood fear as playing a fundamental role in infantile development.

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Castration complexIn Psychoanalysis, the term castration complex refers to fear of losing one's penis among male children. Freud and Lacan saw this childhood fear as playing a fundamental role in infantile development.

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