ego

See also Ego, égo, égő, and ego-

English

Etymology

From Latin egō (“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”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -iːɡəʊ

Noun

ego (plural egos)

Wikipedia

1. the self, especially with a sense of self-importance
   • 1998, Eckhart Tolle, A New Earth

     When every thought absorbs your attention completely, when you are so identified with the voice in your head and the emotions that accompany it that you lose yourself in every thought and every emotion, then you are totally identified with form and therefore in the grip of ego. Ego is a conglomeration of recurring thought forms and conditioned mental-emotional patterns that are invested with a sense of I, a sense of self.

2. (psychology, Freudian) the most central part of the mind, which mediates with one's surroundings
   • 1954, Calvin S. Hall, “A Primer of Freudian Psychology”

     In the well adjusted person the ego is the executive of the personality and is governed by the reality principle.

Derived terms

terms derived from ego

alter ego egodystonic egoism egoist egoistic

egoistical egoistically egosyntonic egotism egotist

egotistic egotistical egotistically ego trip

empirical ego pure ego superego transcendental ego

Translations

the self

• Arabic: الأنا (al-’ána) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 自我 (cmn) (zì wǒ)

• Finnish: minä (fi); ego (fi)
• French: moi (fr) m
• German: Ich (de) n, Ego (de) n
• Greek: εγώ (el) (egó) n 
• Hebrew: אגו (he) (ego) m
• Hindi: अहं (hi) (ahã)
• Japanese: 自我 (ja) (じが, jiga), エゴ (ja) (ego)
• Korean: 자아 (ko) (jaa)

• Latin: idem (la) n
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: ego (no) n

  Nynorsk: ego (nn) n

• Russian: эго (ru) (égo) n , я (ru) (ja) n 
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: е̑го (sh) m, ја̑ (sh)

  Roman: ȇgo (sh) m, jȃ (sh)

• Spanish: ego (es) m
• Swedish: ego (sv) n
• Telugu: అహం (te) (ahaM)

psychoanalytic ego

• Catalan: jo (ca) m
• Czech: ego (cs) n, já (cs) n

• Finnish: minä (fi)
• French: moi (fr) m

See also

• id
• superego

Anagrams

• Geo., goe

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Czech

Noun

ego n

1. ego
2. (psychoanalysis) ego

Synonyms

• já n

See also

• superego n
• id n

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Dutch

Noun

ego n (plural ego's, diminutive egootje)

1. ego, self

Related terms

• egoïsme, egoïst, egoïstisch

Anagrams

• oge

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Finnish

Etymology

From Latin egō (“I”).

Noun

ego

1. ego
2. (psychoanalysis) ego

Declension

Declension of ego (type valo) singular plural nominative ego egot genitive egon egojen partitive egoa egoja accusative ego egon egot inessive egossa egoissa elative egosta egoista illative egoon egoihin adessive egolla egoilla ablative egolta egoilta allative egolle egoille essive egona egoina translative egoksi egoiksi instructive – egoin abessive egotta egoitta comitative – egoineen

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Italian

Noun

ego m (invariable)

1. ego

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂.

Pronoun

ego (first person, nominative, plural nos)

1. I; first person singular personal pronoun, nominative case
   • Heauton Timorumenos (“The Self-Tormentor”) by Publius Terentius Afer

     Homo sum, humani nihil a me alienum puto.

     I am a man, I consider nothing that is human alien to me.

Inflection

Irregular declension

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	ego	nōs
genitive	meī	nostrī, nostrum
dative	mihi	nōbīs
accusative	mē	nōs
ablative	mē	nōbīs
vocative	—	—

Derived terms

• mecum
• egomet
• proximus egomet mihi

Descendants

Aragonese: yo Aromanian: iou Asturian: yo Catalan: jo Dalmatian: ju English: ego (loanword) French: je Friulian: jo Galician: eu Interlingua: io Italian: io Neapolitan: i

Occitan: Gascon: jo Lengadocian: ieu Old Provençal: eu, ieu Portuguese: eu Romanian: eu Romansch: jau, eau Sardinian: eo Sicilian: iu Spanish: yo Vulgar Latin: eo

See also

Latin personal pronouns

Number	Person	Gender	Nominative	Genitive	Dative	Accusative	Ablative	Possessive
Singular	First	—	ego	meī	mihi	mē		meus, -a, -um
	Second	—	tū	tuī	tibi	tē		tuus, -a, -um
	Reflexive Third	—	—	suī	sibi	sē, sēsē		suus, -a, -um
	Third	Masculine	is	eius	eī	eum	eō	eius
		Feminine	ea			eam	eā
		Neuter	id			id	eō
Plural	First	—	nōs	nostrī, nostrum	nōbīs	nōs	nōbīs	noster, -tra, -trum
	Second	—	vōs	vestrī, vestrum	vōbīs	vōs	vōbīs	vester, -tra, -trum
	Reflexive Third	—	—	suī	sibi	sē, sēsē		suus, -a, -um
	Third	Masculine	eī, iī	eōrum	eīs	eōs	eīs	eōrum
		Feminine	eae	eārum		eās		eārum
		Neuter	ea	eōrum		ea		eōrum

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Latin ego

Pronunciation

• IPA: /êːɡo/
• Hyphenation: e‧go

Noun

ȇgo m (Cyrillic spelling е̑го)

1. ego

Declension

    declension of ego

	singular	plural
nominative	ȇgo	ega
genitive	ȇga	ega
dative	egu	egima
accusative	ego	ega
vocative	ego	ega
locative	egu	egima
instrumental	egom	egima

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Spanish

Noun

ego m (plural egos)

1. ego

Related terms

• egoísta
• egoísmo