superego

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As I previously stated, it's his id, his ego and his superego.

From Salon • Nov. 6, 2023

The superego is an internalized authority that at once holds us to a standard we are incapable of meeting and punishes us for our deficiencies.

From Washington Post • Apr. 27, 2023

“I often wonder,” Tillman reflected recently in the course of an email conversation, “how conscience, a superego, develops, and how becoming conscientious evolves. … My conscience led to my sense of obligation.”

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 29, 2022

If Elon Musk’s tweets are pure lizard-brain id, Bezos’ tweets are all superego — my guy probably workshops them, which is why they’re DOA, emotionally.

From The Verge • May 16, 2022

The latter includes all our defence mechanisms and most of the superego.

From Terrorists and Freedom Fighters by Vaknin, Samuel