(in Freudian theory) a hypothetical patriarchal unit of prehistoric human social organization.
〔人类学〕（弗洛伊德理论）原始人群（史前时期的假想父权单位）
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The Oedipal fantasy in the play and its realization in the life of the primal horde may be extended to a view of revolution in modern society.
He calls for a progression from the primitive lack of civilization of the primal horde to a sense of the dignity of all men in a developed and coherent society.
Freud emphasises parricide, both in regard to the Oedipal urge and to the primal horde, where sons kill the father.
In the story of the primal horde, the father is, furthermore, consumed by the sons in an act that ensures they gain his power.
Freud postulated this idea in terms of the outgrowth of civilization out of the primal horde.