superego
See also: super-ego
English
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Etymology
super + ego, from earlier form super-ego, calqued after German Über-Ich, from über- (“super-”) + Ich (“ego”), from the pronoun ich (“I”).
Pronunciation
Noun
superego (plural superegos)
- (psychoanalysis) The part of the mind that acts as a self-critical conscience, reflecting social standards that have been learnt.
- 1974, Thomas S. Szasz, M.D., chapter 9, in The Myth of Mental Illness[1], →ISBN Invalid ISBN, page 152:
- Still, it would be an error to believe that psychoanalytic
theory makes no contribution to describing and assessing
different types of ethical conduct. The crucial notion in this
connection is the relative rigidity or flexibility of the superego.
The childish, immature, or neurotic superego is rigid; it is
characterized by slavish adherence to rules which, moreover,
may not be clearly understood. The mature or normal super-
ego, on the other hand, is flexible; it can evaluate the situation
at hand and modify the rules accordingly. Thus, in an early,
classic paper, Strachey suggested that the basic aim of psycho-
analytic treatment is to make such "mutative interpretations"
as would help to render the patient's "rigid superego" more
"flexible".8 Like the psychoanalytic theory of the superego, on
which it is based, this view suffers from the limitation of being
silent on what sort of rigidity is considered bad or undesirable
and what sort of flexibility is considered good or desirable. In
short, Freud and other psychoanalysts have persistently
dallied with normative systems without ever committing them-
selves on normative standards.
- Still, it would be an error to believe that psychoanalytic
Translations
part of the mind
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Czech
Noun
superego n
Synonyms
- nadjá n
Finnish
Pronunciation
Noun
superego
Declension
Inflection of superego (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | superego | superegot | |
genitive | superegon | superegojen | |
partitive | superegoa | superegoja | |
illative | superegoon | superegoihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | superego | superegot | |
accusative | nom. | superego | superegot |
gen. | superegon | ||
genitive | superegon | superegojen | |
partitive | superegoa | superegoja | |
inessive | superegossa | superegoissa | |
elative | superegosta | superegoista | |
illative | superegoon | superegoihin | |
adessive | superegolla | superegoilla | |
ablative | superegolta | superegoilta | |
allative | superegolle | superegoille | |
essive | superegona | superegoina | |
translative | superegoksi | superegoiksi | |
abessive | superegotta | superegoitta | |
instructive | — | superegoin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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Polish
Pronunciation
Noun
superego n (indeclinable)
- (psychoanalysis) superego (the part of the mind that acts as a self-critical conscience, reflecting social standards that have been learnt)
Further reading
- superego in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- Template:R:PWN
Portuguese
Alternative forms
Noun
superego m (plural superegos)
- (psychoanalysis) superego (part of the mind that acts as a self-critical conscience)
Spanish
Noun
superego m (plural superegos)
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