egonoun [ C ]
uk/ˈiː.ɡəʊ/us/ˈiː.ɡoʊ/plural egosyour idea or opinion of yourself, especially your feeling of your own importance and ability:
That man has such an enormous ego - I've never known anyone so full of themselves!
I'm glad she got the job - she needed something to boost/bolster her ego (= give her confidence).
specialized psychology in psychoanalysis, the part of a person's mind that tries to match the hidden desires (= wishes) of the id (= part of the unconscious mind) with the demands of the real world
See also
alter ego
superego
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Mind and personality
- (a) penny for your thoughts idiom
- -minded
- alter ego
- beauty
- beauty is only skin deep idiom
- better nature
- character
- cognitive
- inwardly
- mental
- mental age
- mentality
- penny
- psyche
- quality
- quirk
- rational
- self
- spirit
- unconscious
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