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| 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. |
[ahy-dee] | 1. | a means of identification, as a card or bracelet containing official or approved identification information. |
| 2. | to identify. |
| 3. | to issue an ID to: Go to the admissions office if you haven't been ID'd yet. |
| id (ĭd) n. In Freudian 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. [New Latin (translation of German Es, a special use of es, it, as a psychoanalytic term), from Latin, it; see i- in Indo-European roots.] |
| ID 1 (ī'dē') n. A form of identification, especially an ID card. tr.v. ID'ed, ID'·ing, ID's To check the identification of, especially in order to verify legal age; card: The bouncer ID'ed everyone who looked younger than 30. |
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.)
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