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EGO IDEAL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does ego ideal mean?
• EGO IDEAL (noun)
The noun EGO IDEAL has 1 sense:
1. (psychoanalysis) the part of the ego that contains an ideal of personal excellence toward which a person strives
Familiarity information: EGO IDEAL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(psychoanalysis) the part of the ego that contains an ideal of personal excellence toward which a person strives
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("ego ideal" is a kind of...):
ideal (the idea of something that is perfect; something that one hopes to attain)
Domain category:
analysis; depth psychology; psychoanalysis (a set of techniques for exploring underlying motives and a method of treating various mental disorders; based on the theories of Sigmund Freud)
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