ego en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈiɡo/ (Multicultural-London-English)
- /ˈiːɡəʊ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈiɡoʊ/ (General-American)
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- /ˈɛɡəʊ/ (obsolete)
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂ Proto-Italic *egō Archaic Latin eco Latin egobor. English ego Borrowed from Latin ego (“I”). Chosen by Freud’s translator as a translation of his use of German Ich as a noun for this concept from the pronoun ich (“I”). Doublet of I and Ich.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) The self, especially with a sense of self-importance.
When every thought absorbs your attention completely, when you are so identified with the voice in your head and the emotions that accompany it that you lose yourself in every thought and every emotion, then you are totally identified with form and therefore in the grip of ego. Ego is a conglomeration of recurring thought forms and conditioned mental-emotional patterns that are invested with a sense of I, a sense of self.
1998, Eckhart Tolle, A New Earth:
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(countable, qualifier:Freudian, uncountable) The most central part of the mind, which mediates with one's surroundings.
‘Everything begins with “I”, you mean. Which is ego,’ said Tom, placing an ankle behind his ear, ‘not id.’
1991 September, Stephen Fry, chapter 1, in The Liar, London: Heinemann, →ISBN, section I, page 13:In the well adjusted person the ego is the executive of the personality and is governed by the reality principle.
1954, Calvin S. Hall, A Primer of Freudian Psychology:
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(countable, uncountable) A person's self-esteem and opinion of themselves.
Too many gay people "come out" publicly, yet fail to achieve truly healthy egos. They "adjust" to being less than whole or integrated persons.
1976 February 7, Philip Gambone, “Coming Out: The Gay Identity Process”, in Gay Community News, volume 3, number 32, page 4:My columns in the early days of the Labour government often featured John Prescott, who was in charge of transport as part of a mega-department created to match his ego.
2024 January 10, Christian Wolmar, “A time for change? ... just as it was back in issue 262”, in RAIL, number 1000, page 60:
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(countable, qualifier:genealogy, uncountable) The individual from whose point of view a family tree or pedigree chart is drawn, or the reference point from whom kinship terminology is relative. (Used without the definite article the.)
the cousin of ego on the father's side
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| egos | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Coordinates
id (Freudian self) · superego (Freudian self)
Deriveds
egoboost · stroke someone's ego · egoed · egocentrically · ego surfing · super-ego · egophoric · egoistical · egocentric · ego-trip · egosyntonic · egoism · egomaniac · egoitis · egophony · empirical ego · egocast · executive ego function · ego-surfing · egotheism · egosurfing · ego-expansion · egocentricity · ego-minded · absolute ego · superego · ego dissolution · ego-mindedness · egofest · ego death · egotistically · pure ego · egotistic · egomania · ego lifter · egoboo · egofaggotry · egofag · egotism · egohood · egoical · ego trip · egocentrism · transcendental ego · egoscan · egotist · ego-self · egosurf · ego shooter · egoist · alter ego · ego-syntonic · egotistical · ego loss · egoic · egolike · auxiliary ego · ego-tripping · egonomics · egoistically · nonego · egoity · massage someone's ego · ego boost · egocidal · ego-dystonic · egology · egoless · non-empirical ego · ego lifting · egoistic · egocide · egodystonic
Synonyms
Translations (71)
fr moi (psychoanalytic ego) · gl eu (the self) · nb ego (the self) · he אגו (the self) · pl ego (psychoanalytic ego) · gl ego (psychoanalytic ego) · hi अहं (the self) · hu én (psychoanalytic ego) · nb jeg (the self) · ca jo (the self) · eo mio (psychoanalytic ego) · pt eu (the self) · fa خود (the self) · ja エゴ (the self) · vi cái tôi (the self) · tr ego (psychoanalytic ego) · ru э́го (the self) · hu én (the self) · cs já (psychoanalytic ego) · nl ego (the self) · cmn 自我 (the self) · hi अहं (psychoanalytic ego) · ur انا (psychoanalytic ego) · da ego (psychoanalytic ego) · tr benlik (psychoanalytic ego) · ur انا (the self) · sh е̑го (the self) · nn ego (the self) · is sjálf (the self) · pt eu (psychoanalytic ego) · da jeg (psychoanalytic ego) · fr moi (the self) · el εγώ (the self) · cs ego (psychoanalytic ego) · te అహం (the self) · id diri (psychoanalytic ego) · ko 자아 (the self) · fa آنمن (psychoanalytic ego) · es ego (the self) · sh ȇgo (the self) · nl ego (psychoanalytic ego) · fi minä (psychoanalytic ego) · de Ich (the self) · sh ја̑ (the self) · pt ego (the self) · eo egoo (psychoanalytic ego) · id ego (psychoanalytic ego) · ca ego (the self) · nn eg (the self) · eo egoo (the self) · fa نفس (the self) · hu szelf (the self) · ar اَلْأَنَا (the self) · hi अहम् (psychoanalytic ego) · de Ego (the self) · tr ego (the self) · ca jo (psychoanalytic ego) · ru я (the self) · gl ego (the self) · sv ego (the self) · fi minä (the self) · ur خاکسار (the self) · io ego (the self) · es yo (the self) · la idem (the self) · ca ego (psychoanalytic ego) · ja 自我 (the self) · da ego (the self) · pt ego (psychoanalytic ego) · fi ego (the self) · sh jȃ (the self)