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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024e•go /ˈigoʊ/USA pronunciation n., pl. e•gos. - [countable] the "I'' or self of a person that experiences and reacts to the outside world.
- egotism;
self-importance:[uncountable]unbearable ego. - self-esteem or self-image:[uncountable]a blow to his ego.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024e•go (ē′gō, eg′ō),USA pronunciation n., pl. e•gos. - 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. - Psychologythe 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.
- egotism;
conceit; self-importance:Her ego becomes more unbearable each day. - self-esteem or self-image;
feelings:Your criticism wounded his ego. - Philosophy(often cap.)
- Philosophythe enduring and conscious element that knows experience.
- Philosophy[Scholasticism.]the complete person comprising both body and soul.
- Anthropology[Ethnol.]a person who serves as the central reference point in the study of organizational and kinship relationships.
- Latin: I; psychoanalytic term is translation of German (das) Ich (the) I
- 1780–90
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: ego /ˈiːɡəʊ; ˈɛɡəʊ/ n ( pl egos)- the self of an individual person; the conscious subject
- the conscious mind, based on perception of the environment from birth onwards: responsible for modifying the antisocial instincts of the id and itself modified by the conscience (superego)
- one's image of oneself; morale
- egotism; conceit
Etymology: 19th Century: from Latin: I |