ego

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Derived terms 1.3.2 Translations 1.4 See also 2 Bosnian 2.1 Noun 3 Czech 3.1 Noun 3.1.1 Synonyms 3.1.2 See also 4 Latin 4.1 Etymology 4.2 Pronoun 4.2.1 Inflection 4.2.2 Descendants 4.2.3 Derived terms 4.2.4 See also 5 Serbian 5.1 Noun 5.1.1 Cyrillic spelling 6 Spanish 6.1 Noun 6.1.1 Related terms

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From Latin egō (“‘I’”).

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• Rhymes: -iːɡəʊ

[edit] Noun

ego (plural egos)

Wikipedia

1. The self, especially with overtones of self-importance.
2. (psychology) 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.

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• id
• superego

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[edit] Bosnian

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ego m.

1. ego

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ego n.

1. ego
2. ego (psychoanalysis)

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• já n.

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• superego n.
• id n.

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[edit] Latin

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From Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂.

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ego (first person, nominative, plural nos)

1. I; first person singular personal pronoun, nominative case

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Irregular declension.

Case \ #	1.	11.
Nominative	egō / ego	nōs
Genitive	meī	nostrī
Dative	mihi	nōbīs
Accusative	mē	nōs
Ablative	mē	nōbīs

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Aragonese: yo Catalan: jo French: je Galician: eu Interlingua: io Italian: io Occitan: Gascon: jo Lengadocian: ieu

Portuguese: eu Romanian: eu Romansch: jau, eau Sicilian: iu Spanish: yo Vulgar Latin: eo

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• mecum
• egomet
• proximus egomet mihi

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• tu
• is

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[edit] Serbian

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ego m.

1. ego

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• его

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[edit] Spanish

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ego m. (plural egos)

1. ego

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• egoísta
• egoísmo