egoic en · ADJ
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂ Proto-Italic *egō Archaic Latin eco Latin egobor. English ego Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English egoic From ego + -ic.
Meanings
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Of or relating to the ego.
As long as the egoic mind is running your life, you cannot truly be at ease.
1997, Eckhart Tolle, The Power of Now, page 102:Most people most of the time experience themselves and others in one or another way that I shall call egoic.
1970, C. S. Wallia, Toward Century 21: Technology, Society, and Human Values, Basic Books, page 307:All such lived-experiences are not only modes of consciousness in general, but egoic acts; and this is what we want to make clear now.
2001, Edmund Husserl, Anthony J. Steinbock, Analyses Concerning Passive and Active Synthesis: Lectures on Transcendental Logic, Springer, page 16:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more egoic | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most egoic | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |