"ego" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈiːɡəʊ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈɛɡəʊ/ [obsolete], /ˈiɡoʊ/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-ego.wav [Southern-England] Forms: egos [plural]
Rhymes: -iːɡəʊ Etymology: 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”). Doublet of I and Ich. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|ego||I}} Latin ego (“I”), {{m|de|Ich}} Ich, {{m|de|ich||I}} ich (“I”), {{doublet|en|I|Ich}} Doublet of I and Ich Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} ego (countable and uncountable, plural egos)
  1. The self, especially with a sense of self-importance. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Psychoanalysis Coordinate_terms (Freudian self): id, superego Translations (the self): اَلْأَنَا (al-ʔanā) [masculine] (Arabic), jo [masculine] (Catalan), ego [masculine] (Catalan), 自我 (zì wǒ) (Chinese Mandarin), ego [neuter] (Danish), egoo (Esperanto), minä (Finnish), ego (Finnish), moi [masculine] (French), ego [masculine] (Galician), eu (Galician), Ich [neuter] (German), Ego [neuter] (German), εγώ (egó) [neuter] (Greek), אגו (ego) [masculine] (Hebrew), अहं (ahã) (Hindi), sjálf [neuter] (Icelandic), ego (Ido), 自我 (jiga) (alt: じが) (Japanese), エゴ (ego) (Japanese), 자아 (jaa) (Korean), idem [neuter] (Latin), ego [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), jeg [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), ego [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), eg [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), خود (xod) (Persian), نفس (nafs) (Persian), ego [masculine] (Portuguese), eu [masculine] (Portuguese), э́го (égo) [neuter] (Russian), я (ja) [neuter] (Russian), е̑го [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), ја̑ [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), ȇgo [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), jȃ [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), ego [masculine] (Spanish), yo [masculine] (Spanish), ego [neuter] (Swedish), అహం (ahaṁ) (Telugu), ego (Turkish), خاکسار (xāksār) (Urdu), cái tôi (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-ego-en-noun-en:the_self Disambiguation of Psychoanalysis: 18 42 40 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 25 38 Disambiguation of 'Freudian self': 57 8 36 Disambiguation of 'the self': 63 4 33
  2. (psychology, Freudian) The most central part of the mind, which mediates with one's surroundings. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Psychology, Psychoanalysis
    Sense id: en-ego-en-noun-UsbVv9Rv Disambiguation of Psychoanalysis: 18 42 40 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 25 38 Topics: human-sciences, psychology, sciences
  3. A person's self-esteem and opinion of themselves. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Psychoanalysis
    Sense id: en-ego-en-noun-dK0OusrC Disambiguation of Psychoanalysis: 18 42 40 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 25 38 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 30 22 48 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 29 22 49
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: I, Ich Translations (psychoanalytic ego): jo [masculine] (Catalan), ego [masculine] (Catalan), ego [neuter] (Czech), [neuter] (Czech), jeg [neuter] (Danish), ego [neuter] (Danish), egoo (Esperanto), mio (Esperanto), minä (Finnish), moi [masculine] (French), ego (Galician), अहं (ahã) (Hindi), अहम् (aham) (Hindi), ego (Indonesian), diri (Indonesian), آنمن (ân-man) (Persian), ego [neuter] (Polish), ego [masculine] (Portuguese), eu [masculine] (Portuguese), benlik (Turkish), ego (Turkish)

Inflected forms

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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "psychoanalytic ego",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "jo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "psychoanalytic ego",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ego"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "psychoanalytic ego",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ego"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "psychoanalytic ego",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "já"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "psychoanalytic ego",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "jeg"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "psychoanalytic ego",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ego"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "psychoanalytic ego",
      "word": "egoo"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "psychoanalytic ego",
      "word": "mio"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "psychoanalytic ego",
      "word": "minä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "psychoanalytic ego",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "moi"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "psychoanalytic ego",
      "word": "ego"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "ahã",
      "sense": "psychoanalytic ego",
      "word": "अहं"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "aham",
      "sense": "psychoanalytic ego",
      "word": "अहम्"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "psychoanalytic ego",
      "word": "ego"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "psychoanalytic ego",
      "word": "diri"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "ân-man",
      "sense": "psychoanalytic ego",
      "word": "آنمن"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "psychoanalytic ego",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ego"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "psychoanalytic ego",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ego"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "psychoanalytic ego",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "eu"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "psychoanalytic ego",
      "word": "benlik"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "psychoanalytic ego",
      "word": "ego"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ego"
}

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