superego
Meanings
noun
- The part of the mind that acts as a self-critical conscience, reflecting social standards that have been learnt.
Pronunciation
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Etymology
From super + ego, from earlier form super-ego, calqued after German Über-Ich, from über- (“super-”) + Ich (“ego”), from the pronoun ich (“I”).
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