Superego

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  • noun. In Freudian theory, the division of the unconscious that is formed through the internalization of moral standards of parents and society, and that censors and restrains the ego.
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  • noun. The part of the mind that acts as a self-critical conscience, reflecting social standards that have been learned.
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  • noun. (psychoanalysis) that part of the unconscious mind that acts as a conscience
  • Word Usage
    "The superego is the voice of moral outrage, of the whistle-blower and the tattle-tale, the first to kick you when you’re down and to insist you deserve your misfortune."
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    I  I myself  alter  alter ego  alterum