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super·ego (so̵̅o̅′pər ē′gō)

noun pl. superegos -·gos

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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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