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superego
[ soo-per-ee-goh, -eg-oh ]
noun
, Psychoanalysis.
, plural su·per·e·gos.
- the part of the personality representing the conscience, formed in early life by internalization of the standards of parents and other models of behavior.
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That would just be me falling into another Western trap—it’s not Id and Superego.
From Time
Imagine that the superego comes as a low-voltage father who cannot stop struggling with his bowels.
From The Daily Beast
His words come in a torrent, an id-gush; I imagine his superego watching with its usual resignation from the balcony.
From The Daily Beast
An old superstition, like the id-ego-superego triad of the sick-minded psychologists.
From Project Gutenberg
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