Ego (spirituality)
WordNet
noun
(1) (psychoanalysis) the conscious mind
(2) Your consciousness of your own identity
(3) An inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others
WiktionaryText
Noun
- The self, especially with overtones of self-importance.
- The most conscious 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.
- 1954, Calvin S. Hall, “A Primer of Freudian Psychology”