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alter ego

noun as in other side to personality

noun as in companion

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Usagi Tsukino, whose alter ego is Sailor Moon, is the star of another popular 1990s anime, and she welcomed many women into what had previously been a predominantly male fan base.

George nicknamed himself “Playoff P” before his first Oklahoma City playoff series, declaring his alter ego a “fun guy to watch” while boasting that he would shut down then-rookie Donovan Mitchell.

Another groundbreaking tool he used to bring those explorations into human psychology to life was the use of alter egos, all of whom he voiced.

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The notorious “Gainsbarre,” his alter ego who had practically spit venom at her on set, was swapped for the more tender persona he carefully concealed.

It didn’t feel that weird, even for a fan who had attended 423 consecutive Bills games and developed both an alter ego — “Pinto Ron,” after his red car and a mistaken identity hardened into lore — and a pregame ritual.

He even allegedly had a nickname for his violent, aggressive alter ego: Rick.

Given his alter ego, it may not come as a surprise that Goyeneche is into antiquities, especially of the pre-Colombian variety.

Revealing herself as both Miriam Weeks and alter ego Belle Knox made her feel vulnerable.

In 2004, Amber birthed her alter ego, a stripteaser named Oosha Boom.

By using an alter ego, he liberates himself, relaxes himself so he can invent freely.

Has each of us an alter ego, who can really behave, elsewhere?

Altogether, he is as miserable and forlorn a wretch as one would care to see, and his alter ego is hypocrisy.

Our relations with a friend are much like those with our own selves; the true friend is a sort of alter ego.

The horse is regarded by the Central Asiatic as his alter ego.

Dr. Ferguson had a friend—not another self, indeed, an alter ego, for friendship could not exist between two beings exactly alike.

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On this page you'll find 21 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to alter ego, such as: doppelganger, evil twin, and second self.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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