alter ego
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[edit] Etymology
From Latin "other self", which is a translation of Zeno's Citium "allos ego"[1] [2]
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[edit] Noun
alter ego (plural alter egos)
- Somebody's alternate personality or persona; another self.
- A very close and intimate friend.
[edit] Translations
alternate personality or persona
very close and intimate friend
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- ^ The Routledge Dictionary of Latin Quotations by Jon R. Stone[1]
- ^ http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/alter%20ego