ego
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4.5
- noun
- /ˈiːɡoʊ/
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ego
- You must die to your ego and it takes work.
- alter ego
- ego-centered
- defeat the ego
You got to put your ego in check.
- You got to put your ego in check.
- And I think that's like keeps your ego in check, keeps you humble.
- They can negate the ego and its anxieties.
- It's not about power and ego and winning and losing.
- You're choosing your ego, your greed over your child's life.
- Your pride and your ego is out of control.
- And it hurts their ego too much to be bad.
- People always talk about ego death, and you can't kill it.
- It's not that it's not having ego and staying curious.
- I think that's where ego can be taken wrong.
- We pick out a point where our ego makes us then decide.
- This is just just just for some weird ego journey that you're on.
- Ownership at its core has to be an ego thing, right?
Examples
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Spiritual experience is what happens when your ego is put aside.
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The Warrior Kid stays humble, controls his ego, and stays calm.
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I mean, I guess, yeah, my ego is large.
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Your pride and your ego is out of control.
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You got to put your ego in check.
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That person has an ego, has insecurities.
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Please, leave your egos out of this.
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I was young and stupid, and I tried to protect my ego, and I insulted her.
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And alas, our own egos do get in the way as well.
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His mother once told him not to let his ego get in the way.
Synonyms
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3.9
A person's idea of who they are
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4.8
Being too proud and acting as if you are better than others
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5.6
Extreme pride in how you look or what you can do
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3.7
A feeling that you are a good and important person
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8.0
Too much pride in yourself and your abilities
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6.2
Thinking you are more important than other people
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6.1
Thinking and talking about yourself too much and feeling better than others
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8.1
Being very interested only in your own thoughts and feelings and ignoring other people
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9.9
Trying to make yourself seem more important or powerful than you are
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5.8
A feeling that you are a person who deserves respect
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7.2
A habit of caring mainly about your own needs and not others
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5.8
Only caring about your own needs and wants
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9.1
A very strong focus on yourself and your needs
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8.8
Believing your own needs and views are more important than other people's
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8.2
A habit of putting your own needs before other people's
A feeling of satisfaction and confidence in yourself
Care for your own needs and interests
Putting your own needs before the needs of other people
Too much love and praise for yourself that ignores others
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
- Specialized
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9.6
An inside standard you try to reach for your behavior and achievements that you often learn from parents
How Self-Important
Surface Forms
Etymology
Ego comes from the Latin word ego, which simply means 'I'. A helpful image is a person whose 'I' feels too large, and that is why ego now means a strong sense of self or self-importance.