ego
noun
1.
an inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others
2.
your consciousness of your own identity
3.
(psychoanalysis) the conscious mind
Origin
From Latin ego (“I”). Chosen by Freud’s translator as a translation of his use of German Ich as a noun for this concept from the pronoun ich (“I”). Doublet of I and Ich.
Phrases
- absolute ego
- alter ego
- auxiliary ego
- ego boost
- ego death
- ego dissolution
- ego lifter
- ego lifting
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