what does the word ego mean?

Answer 1

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e·go /ˈigoʊ, ˈɛgoʊ/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[ee-goh, eg-oh] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–noun, plural e·gos.
1. the “I” or self of any person; a person as thinking, feeling, and willing, and distinguishing itself from the selves of others and from objects of its thought.
2. Psychoanalysis. the part of the psychic apparatus that experiences and reacts to the outside world and thus mediates between the primitive drives of the id and the demands of the social and physical environment.
3. egotism; conceit; self-importance: Her ego becomes more unbearable each day.
4. self-esteem or self-image; feelings: Your criticism wounded his ego.
5. (often initial capital letter) Philosophy.
a. the enduring and conscious element that knows experience.
b. Scholasticism. the complete person comprising both body and soul.
6. Ethnology. a person who serves as the central reference point in the study of organizational and kinship relationships.
[Origin: 1780–90; < L: I; psychoanalytic term is trans. of G (das) Ich (the) I]

Answer 2

Ego is how you think of yourself. Usually ego is used in a negative tone. If someone says you have a big ego that means you are too showy or you gloat a lot or you say you have game but don't. My golf coach says it best "ego is when you think you are the whole beach even though you are only a grain of sand"

Answer 3

Ego is a term coined by Sigmund Freud. The Id, Ego, and Super-Ego are the parts of the mind. the Ego is the part that has to do with how you feel about yourself. I you call someone egotistical or say they have a big ego, it means they are full of themself.

Answer 4

It is how highly you think of yourself. If someone constantly brags about themselves they have a high ego. For example, the guy at the gym that says hes better than everyone, can lift the most, and gets any chick he desires...thats a very high ego.

Answer 5

Here are three definitions:
1. The self, especially as distinct from the world and other selves.
2. In psychoanalysis, the division of the psyche that is conscious, most immediately controls thought and behavior, and is most in touch with external reality.
3. a. An exaggerated sense of self-importance; conceit.
b. Appropriate pride in oneself; self-esteem.

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Answer 6

an exaggerated sense of self-importance, Conceited, Paris Hilton, Lindsay Lohan,Nicole Richie, and all those other celebrities that think highly of themselves, If her ego got any bigger, Paris would have to wear a size negative 999

Answer 7

The self

Answer 8

e·go (ē'gō, ĕg'ō)
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[New Latin, from Latin, I, Sense 2, translation of German Ich, a special use of ich, I, as a psychoanalytic term.]

noun: pl., e·gos.
The self, especially as distinct from the world and other selves.
In psychoanalysis, the division of the psyche that is conscious, most immediately controls thought and behavior, and is most in touch with external reality.

An exaggerated sense of self-importance; conceit.
Appropriate pride in oneself; self-esteem.

Answer 9

A person's sense of self-esteem or self-importance.

Answer 10

if you have a big ego it useally means your ful of ****