Ego Definition

ēgō
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noun
egos
The self; the individual as self-aware.
Webster's New World
Egotism; conceit.
Webster's New World
Self-esteem; self-respect.
Webster's New World
That part of the psyche which experiences the external world, or reality, through the senses, organizes the thought processes rationally, and governs action: it mediates between the impulses of the id, the demands of the environment, and the standards of the superego.
Webster's New World
The self, variously conceived as a spiritual substance on which experience is superimposed, the series of acts and mental states introspectively recognized, etc.
Webster's New World
prefix

Relating to the self.

Wiktionary

Relating to goats.

Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Ego

Noun

Singular:
ego
Plural:
egos

Origin of Ego

  • New Latin from Latin I eg in Indo-European roots Sense 2, translation of German Ich a special use of ich I, as a psychoanalytic term

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • 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”).

    From Wiktionary

  • From Latin ego (“I”).

    From Wiktionary

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