单词 | ego-ideal |
释义 | ego-idealn. Psychology. a. That part of the mind which, in Freudian theory, is evolved from the ego as it becomes aware of parental and social standards, and imposes upon it concepts of ideal behaviour with which it should conform. ΚΠ 1922 J. Strachey tr. S. Freud Group Psychol. vii. 69 We have been driven to the hypothesis that some such faculty develops in our ego which may cut itself off from the rest of the ego and come into conflict with it. We have called it the ‘ego ideal’, and by way of functions we have ascribed to it self-observation, the moral conscience, the censorship of dreams, and the chief influence in repression. 1951 E. C. Tolman in T. Parsons & E. A. Shils Toward Gen. Theory Action iii. iii. 311 The ego-ideal consists of acquired positive values and valences for those types of behavior in which one should engage. b. = superego n. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > psychology > theory of psychoanalysis > theories of Freud > [noun] > self-conscious mind > censor of ego superego1908 ego-ideal1943 1943 H. Read Educ. through Art vi. 176 A spearhead..passes through the pre-conscious and conscious levels of the ego, and emerges above everything as the ego-ideal or super-ego. 1964 J. Gould & W. L. Kolb Dict. Social Sci. 593/2 The repressing force derives from cultural standards which have been incorporated by the individual to serve as his ‘ego-ideal’ or ‘super-ego’. c. In vague or popular use: a conception of oneself as one would like to be. ΚΠ 1949 J. I. M. Stewart Char. & Motive in Shakespeare 109 If we regard the Othello-figure on the stage as..Othello's ego-ideal or self-exemplar, then Bradley is really right in point of dramatic feeling. 1952 W. J. H. Sprott Social Psychol. ix. 185 The recipients of praise are their [sc. children's] models and bit by bit what has conveniently been called an ‘ego-ideal’ is elaborated. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online September 2020). < |
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