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noun Psychoanalysis.

the part of the psyche, residing in the unconscious, that is the source of instinctive impulses that seek satisfaction in accordance with the pleasure principle and are modified by the ego and the superego before they are given overt expression.

Origin:
1920–25; < Latin id it, as a translation of German Es, special use of es it, as a psychoanalytic term

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a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.

a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.

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For this demo, names were kept anonymous, but students did know their own numbered id.

Bluto is a slovenly symbol of irreverence, a bloated personification of the id.

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noun

a means of identification, as a card or bracelet containing official or approved identification information.

verb (used with object) ID'd or IDed or ID'ed, ID'ing or ID·ing.

to identify.

to issue an ID to: Go to the admissions office if you haven't been ID'd yet.

Idaho (approved especially for use with zip code).

Also, i.d. inside diameter.

intelligent design.

contraction of I would or I had.

Usage note
See contraction.

a suffix of nouns that have the general sense “offspring of, descendant of,” occurring originally in loanwords from Greek (Atreid; Nereid), and productive in English on the Greek model, especially in names of dynasties, with the dynasty's founder as the base noun (Abbasid; Attalid), and in names of periodic meteor showers, with the base noun usually denoting the constellation or other celestial object in which the shower appears (Perseid).

Origin:
< Latin -id-, stem of -is < Greek: feminine patronymic suffix; or < Latin -idēs < Greek: masculine patronymic suffix

a suffix occurring in English derivatives of modern Latin taxonomic names, especially zoological families and classes; such derivatives are usually nouns denoting a single member of the taxon or adjectives with the sense “pertaining to” the taxon: arachnid; canid.

Origin:
< Greek -idēs -id¹, as singular of Neo-Latin -ida -ida or -idae -idae

variant of -ide: lipid.

a suffix occurring in descriptive adjectives borrowed from Latin, often corresponding to nouns ending in -or¹: fetid; humid; pallid.

Origin:
< Latin -idus

(in Iraq) dinar; dinars.

Military. Infantry Division.

Intelligence Department.

Origin:
1950–55

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World English Dictionary

id¹ (ɪd)

—n
	psychoanal the mass of primitive instincts and energies in the unconscious mind that, modified by the ego and the superego, underlies all psychic activity

[C20: New Latin, from Latin: it; used to render German Es]

id²

—*the internet domain name for*
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ID

—*abbreviation for*
1.	Idaho
2.	identification (document)
3.	Also: i.d inside diameter
4.	Intelligence Department
5.	Also: i.d intradermal

I'd (aɪd)

—*contraction of*
	I had or I would

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Main Entry:	ID
Part of Speech:	n
Definition:	See intelligent design

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Etymonline

Word Origin & History

1924, in Joan Riviere's translation of Freud's "Das Ich und das Es," from L. id "it" (translation of Ger. es "it" in Freud's title), used in psychoanalytical theory to denote the unconscious instinctual force.

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Medical Dictionary

id (ĭd)
n.
In psychoanalytic theory, the division of the psyche that is totally unconscious and serves as the source of instinctual impulses and demands for immediate satisfaction of primitive needs.

ID ²
abbr.
infecting dose

-id suff.
Body; particle: chromatid.

American Heritage

Cultural Dictionary

id definition

In Freudian theory, the part of the psyche associated with instinctual, repressed, or antisocial desires, usually sexual or aggressive. In its efforts to satisfy these desires, the id comes into conflict with the social and practical constraints enforced by the ego and superego. (See also pleasure principle.)

Slang Dictionary

ID definition

n.
some kind of identification card. (Initialism.) : Can you show me an ID?
tv.
to determine the identity of someone; to check someone for a valid identification card. : The cops IDed the driver in less than thirty minutes.

Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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