alter ego

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Alter ego

[edit] Etymology

From Latin "other self", which is a translation of Zeno's Citium "allos ego"^[1] ^[2]

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[edit] Noun

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alter ego (plural alter egos)

Somebody's alternate personality or persona; another self.
A very close and intimate friend.

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alternate personality or persona

German: Alter Ego (de) n.
Icelandic: annað sjálf (is) n.
Norwegian: alter ego (no) n.
Polish: alter ego (pl), drugie ja (pl)

Portuguese: alter ego (pt), outro eu (pt)
Spanish: álter ego (es) m., otro yo (es) m.
Serbo-Croatian: alter ego (sh), drugo ja (sh)

very close and intimate friend

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alter idem

[edit] See also

double life

[edit] References

^ The Routledge Dictionary of Latin Quotations by Jon R. Stone[1]
^ http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/alter%20ego

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