ego
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- noun
- /ˈiːɡoʊ/
- Specialized
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- In psychoanalysis, the ego is responsible for mediating between our desires and the reality we face.
- ego and self
- ego development
- ego psychology
They can negate the ego and its anxieties.
- They can negate the ego and its anxieties.
- And how does ego dissolution fits into that?
- And believe me, the ego doesn't want to make it easy, right?
- This requires the death of your own ego as a storyteller.
- We were briefly introduced to Freud's idea of super ego, ego and ID.
- And it's not easy transcending the ego because it's so powerful.
- Like some parts of our ego have been formed wrong.
- When we return, we're going to find out what role your ego plays in this and more.
- So only an awakened ego can actually have really free will.
- And that's also ego, the ego, the negative prefer of ego.
- And when you lose your ego, you you're a bitch.
- And now's a really good time because the ego is being challenged.
Examples
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According to Jung, the first half of life is one of ego development.
Academic text (1990) -
I am dispossessing myself of my ego to gratify the relationship.
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So balance your brain and balance the ego in a good way.
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I just, you know, my ego is dangerous.
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Like some parts of our ego have been formed wrong.
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I mean, nature has an ego, but only for survival.
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And it's not easy transcending the ego because it's so powerful.
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In fact, it takes a strong and healthy ego to seek first to serve others before becoming self-serving.
Fiction book (1992) -
And now's a really good time because the ego is being challenged.
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I knew the minute he saw we were replacing him with that snot-nosed kid, it would be such a blow to his ego...
Idioms
Compounds
- Specialized
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An inside standard you try to reach for your behavior and achievements that you often learn from parents
Surface Forms
Etymology
Ego was taken from the Latin ego meaning 'I' to name the part of the mind that tries to balance our wants and the outside world. So the ego is seen as the mind's 'I' that helps keep us sensible between our wants and what is real.