ego

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• IPA ^(key): /ˈiːɡoʊ/ or /ˈɛɡoʊ/

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Noun

Singular ego

Plural egos

1. (countable) Your ego is your sense of your own importance or self-worth.

   His big ego made it hard for him to admit he was wrong.

2. (countable & uncountable) The ego is the part of the mind that deals with reality, according to some psychological theories.

   Freud described the ego as balancing the desires of the id and the rules of the superego.

Related words

• egotistical