Your superego is the part of your mind which makes you aware of what is right and wrong, and which causes you to feel guilty when you have done something wrong.
[technical]
superego in British English
(ˌsuːpərˈiːɡəʊ, -ˈɛɡəʊ)
nounWord forms: plural-gos
psychoanalysis
that part of the unconscious mind that acts as a conscience for the ego, developing mainly from the relationship between a child and his or her parents
See also id1, ego
superego in American English
(ˌsupərˈigoʊ)
nounWord forms: pluralˌsuperˈegos
Psychoanalysis
that part of the psyche which is critical of the self or ego and enforces moral standards: at an unconscious level it blocks unacceptable impulses of the id
Examples of 'superego' in a sentence
superego
I love to watch Lee's liberal superego fight it out with her conservative id.