noun. The self, especially as distinct from the world and other selves.

noun. In psychoanalysis, the division of the psyche that is conscious, most immediately controls thought and behavior, and is most in touch with external reality.

noun. undefined

noun. An exaggerated sense of self-importance; conceit.

noun. Appropriate pride in oneself; self-esteem.

noun. The “I”; that which feels, acts, and thinks; any person's “self,” considered as essentially the same in all persons. This use of the word was introduced by Descartes, and has long been current in general literature.

noun. The conscious and permanent subject of all psychical experiences, whether held to be directly known or the product of reflective thought; the subject consciously considered as “I” by a person; -- opposed to non-ego.

noun. that one of the three parts of a person's psychic apparatus that mediates consciously between the drives of the id and the realities of the external physical and social environment, by integrating perceptions of the external world and organizing the reactions to it. Contrasted with the id and superego.

noun. egotism.

noun. self-esteem.

noun. the self, especially with a sense of self-importance

noun. the most central part of the mind, which mediates with one's surroundings

noun. your consciousness of your own identity

noun. (psychoanalysis) the conscious mind

noun. an inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others

"As a concept, self-esteem can be traced to Freud, who used the term ego ideal."

id  non-ego  superego  

absolute ego  id  superego  the empirical ego  the pure ego  

brain  head  mind  nous  pride  

Oswego  Vigo  griego  latigo  

Astra  ITA  Te  Tu  ad  

I  I myself  alter  alter ego  alterum