The ‘hate and vengeance’ complex- 2nd opinion

[kuben123]

The ‘hate and vengeance’ complex inhibits one’s ability to think rationally.


sounds right?

 

[MikeNewYork]

I've never heard of the hate and vengeance complex, but the sentence makes sense.

 

[Tdol]

It sounds odd as the only examples of this complex that I can find are questions you have posted online. It is not grammatically wrong, but it doesn't sound right because it seems to be a made-up complex.

 

[tedmc]

hate and vengeance = being vindictive

not a teacher

 

[Rover_KE]

What point are you making, Ted? Have you found this to be a common collocation for a complex?

 

[Tdol]

hate and vengeance = being vindictive

I know what the words mean, but can you find them being used in a similar way to, say, inferiority complex? I couldn't, which is why I said it wasn't a natural phrase.

 

[tedmc]

What point are you making, Ted? Have you found this to be a common collocation for a complex?

No, I have not. That was just a suggestion to replace the made-up phrase.

 

[Matthew Wai]

Do you mean the OP's sentence can be rewritten as 'Being vindictive inhibits one’s ability to think rationally'?

 

[Tdol]

Do you mean the OP's sentence can be rewritten as 'Being vindictive inhibits one’s ability to think rationally'?

That works for me.

 

[tedmc]

I guess OP means the mind is being preoccupied with thoughts of vengeance.

Having vindictive thoughts inhibits one's ability to think rationally

 

[Matthew Wai]

How about 'Hatred and a desire for vengeance inhibit one’s ability to think rationally'?

Not a teacher.

 

[Tdol]

Spot on, Matthew, IMO.

 

[Raymott]

What point are you making, Ted? Have you found this to be a common collocation for a complex?

Maybe it's an example of the "must make something sound official" complex.

 

[tedmc]

Maybe it's an example of the "must make something sound official" complex.

There were comments that the phrase doesn't sound right or natural.

 

[Tdol]

It doesn't sound natural because it isn't used. Raymott's example isn't used either, but he's indicated that with quotation marks. We use inferiority/Oedipus and other complexes, but no one has heard of this used. To be a complex, it has to be recognised. This one is a theoretical complex, not an accepted one. We know what the words mean, but that doesn't make it natural, because hate and vengeance doesn't collocate with complex.