non-egon.
/nɒnˈiːɡəʊ/, U.S. /nɑnˈiɡoʊ/ Philosophy and Psychology.
That which is not the ego or conscious self; the object (object n. 5), as opposed to the conscious thinking subject. Cf. not-I n., not-self n.
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the world > existence and causation > existence > extrinsicality or externality > objectivity > [noun] > object or that which is outside the self
object1651
objective1817
otherness1821
unself1822
non-ego1829
not-self1829
outsetting1880
1829 W. Hamilton in Edinb. Rev. Oct. 200 In every act of consciousness we distinguish a self, or ego; and something different from self, a non-ego.
1876 Encycl. Brit. V. 224/2 The determination of the Ego presupposes..the Non-Ego.
1905 Philos. Rev. 14 80 The ego recognized in the non-ego other living bodies which are like to his own.
1949 Philos. & Phenomenol. Res. 10 154 Darbon then applies this analysis of experience to..the experience of the real, the ego and non-ego,..etc.
1991 19th-cent. Lit. 46 89 Human estrangement from the supernal is experienced as a fragmentation of the psyche..into ego and non-ego, male and female aspects of the mind.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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