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e·go    Audio Help   [ee-goh, eg-oh] Pronunciation Key
–noun, plural e·gos.
1.the “I” or self of any person; a person as thinking, feeling, and willing, and distinguishing itself from the selves of others and from objects of its thought.
2.Psychoanalysis. the part of the psychic apparatus that experiences and reacts to the outside world and thus mediates between the primitive drives of the id and the demands of the social and physical environment.
3.egotism; conceit; self-importance: Her ego becomes more unbearable each day.
4.self-esteem or self-image; feelings: Your criticism wounded his ego.
5.(often initial capital letter) Philosophy.
a.the enduring and conscious element that knows experience.
b.Scholasticism. the complete person comprising both body and soul.
6.Ethnology. a person who serves as the central reference point in the study of organizational and kinship relationships.

[Origin: 1780–90; < L: I; psychoanalytic term is trans. of G (das) Ich (the) I]
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e·go    Audio Help   (ē'gō, ěg'ō)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   pl. e·gos
  1. The self, especially as distinct from the world and other selves.
  2. In psychoanalysis, the division of the psyche that is conscious, most immediately controls thought and behavior, and is most in touch with external reality.
    1. An exaggerated sense of self-importance; conceit.
    2. Appropriate pride in oneself; self-esteem.


[New Latin, from Latin, I; see eg in Indo-European roots. Sense 2, translation of German Ich, a special use of ich, I, as a psychoanalytic term.]

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ego 
1714, as a term in metaphysics, from L. ego "I" (cognate with O.E. ic, see I). Psychoanalytic sense is 1910; sense of "conceit" is 1891. Egocentric is from 1900; ego-trip first recorded 1969. Egomania is from 1825; egomaniac is from 1890.
"In the book of Egoism it is written, Possession without obligation to the object possessed approaches felicity." [George Meredith, "The Egoist" (1879)]

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ego

noun
1. an inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others 
2. your consciousness of your own identity [syn: self
3. (psychoanalysis) the conscious mind 

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ego1 [ˈiːgəu, ˈegou] noun
personal pride
Example: His criticism wounded my ego.
Arabic: الأنا
Chinese (Simplified): 自负
Chinese (Traditional): 自負
Czech: ego, já
Danish: ego; selvfølelse
Dutch: ego
Estonian: eneseuhkus
Finnish: ego, itsekunnioitus
French: égo
German: das Ego
Greek: εγωισμός, περηφάνια
Hungarian: személy(iség)
Icelandic: sjálfsálit
Indonesian: ego
Italian: ego
Japanese: 自尊心
Korean: 자부
Latvian: patmīlība
Lithuanian: ego
Norwegian: selvfølelse, forfengelighet
Polish: duma
Portuguese (Brazil): ego
Portuguese (Portugal): ego
Romanian: orgoliu
Russian: самолюбие
Slovak: ego, ja
Slovenian: osebni ponos
Spanish: amor propio, orgullo
Swedish: ego, fåfänga
Turkish: benlik, ego
ego2 [ˈiːgəu, ˈegou] noun
the part of a person that is conscious and thinks; the self
Arabic: الذّات
Chinese (Simplified): 利已主义,自我
Chinese (Traditional): 利已主義,自我
Czech: vědomé já
Danish: ego
Dutch: ik
Estonian: ego, mina
Finnish: ego, minä
French: le moi
German: das Ich
Greek: το εγώ
Hungarian: az én, ego
Icelandic: sjálf
Indonesian: diri
Italian: io
Japanese: 自我
Korean: 자아
Latvian: ego, patība
Lithuanian: ego, asmenybė, sąmoningumas
Norwegian: jeg'et, ego
Polish: jaźń, świadomość
Portuguese (Brazil): ego
Portuguese (Portugal): eu
Romanian: eul, sinele
Russian: эго; я (сам)
Slovak: (moja) osobnosť, (moje) ja
Slovenian: ego
Spanish: ego
Swedish: ego, jag
Turkish: bilinçli kimlik
See also: egocentric, egoism

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American Heritage New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition - Cite This Source - Share This
ego [(ee-goh)]

The “I” or self of any person (ego is Latin for “I”). In psychological terms, the ego is the part of the psyche that experiences the outside world and reacts to it, coming between the primitive drives of the id and the demands of the social environment, represented by the superego.

Note: The term ego is often used to mean personal pride and self-absorption: “Losing at chess doesn't do much for my ego.”

[Chapter:] Anthropology, Psychology, and Sociology


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Ego

E"go\, n. [L., I.] (Met.) The conscious and permanent subject of all psychical experiences, whether held to be directly known or the product of reflective thought; -- opposed to non-ego.
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