单词 | superego |
释义 | superegon. 1. Psychoanalysis. In Freudian theory: that part of a person's mind that acts as a self-critical conscience or censor, reflecting standards and behaviour learned from parents and society; the agent of self-criticism or self-observation that acts as a check on the id and the ego (see id n.3, ego n. 4). Also in extended use in general contexts. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > psychology > theory of psychoanalysis > theories of Freud > [noun] > self-conscious mind > censor of ego superego1908 ego-ideal1943 1908 A. M. Dulles in A. M. Dulles et al. What shall I Believe? v. 122 Paul here asserts the fact of a spiritual enslavement when the I, the ego, does not what the super-ego declares good and right. 1924 J. Riviere et al. tr. S. Freud Coll. Papers II. xxi. 254 Keep in mind this dissection of the mental apparatus that I have proposed, namely, into ego, super-ego and id. 1938 Times Lit. Suppl. 26 Feb. 132/4 When the moral superego takes charge and the ego is no longer coercive but submissive. 1945 W. H. Auden Coll. Poetry 242 The fatal ease with which Conscience, i.e., the voice of God, is replaced by ‘my conscience’, i.e., the Super-Ego. 1958 W. J. H. Sprott Human Groups x. 173 The importance of the primary group can be expressed by saying that the group acts as the ‘super-ego’ of its members. 1998 A. Fadiman Ex Libris 48 I was secretly afraid that he was right about motherhood—that, in fact, my id was about to be permanently squashed by my superego. 2003 H. de Berg Freud's Theory (2004) iii. 50 Whereas the id and the superego strive for immediate satisfaction without regard for the well-being of the person as a whole, the ego seeks to achieve compromises. 2. An inflated sense of self-importance; (also) a person with excessive self-esteem. ΚΠ 1931 Wisconsin State Jrnl. 25 July 3/4 Their bravado comes from a super-ego, from the plaudits of their sweethearts, from the notoriety afforded them. 1951 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 8 Dec. 6 Yipes, here comes that super-ego, Bradley Brown. 1977 Newsweek (Nexis) 14 Feb. 56 A few reliables like Genevieve Bujold, Goldie Hawn and Karen Black receive steady offers to play interesting foils to male super-egos. 1988 L. J. Barker Our Time has Come ii. 36 All or at least most politicians suffer, if you want to call it that, from super egos and want to hog as much publicity as they can get. 2003 Attitude Dec. 42/1 Here's an actor without any jumped-up sense of self-importance, pretentious artistry or super-ego. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1908 |
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