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superego

[soo-per-ee-goh, -eg-oh] / ˌsu pərˈi goʊ, -ˈɛg oʊ /




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The Id bombards the Ego with an endless hunger for indulgence, while the Superego demands social conformity.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2020

Superego Elizabeth is a tense bundle of inhibitions clamped in the vise of social norms.

From Time Magazine Archive

Last, there is the Superego, which is the censor or conscience.

From Time Magazine Archive

Having divided the mind into Conscious and Unconscious, he now divided it again into Id, Ego and Superego.

From Time Magazine Archive

This was wonderful; screaming in delight, they all laid hold of the other end, and Mike and Mitzi and Superego and Complex ran to help them.

From Little Fuzzy by Piper, H. Beam




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