superego

See also: super-ego

English

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Etymology

super + ego, from earlier form super-ego, calqued after German Über-Ich, from über- (super-) + Ich (ego), from the pronoun ich (I).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /supɛɹiɡoʊ/
    Rhymes: -iːɡəʊ

Noun

superego (plural superegos)

  1. (psychoanalysis) The part of the mind that acts as a self-critical conscience, reflecting social standards that have been learnt.
    • 1974, Thomas S. Szasz, M.D., chapter 9, in The Myth of Mental Illness, →ISBN Invalid ISBN, page 152:
      Still, it would be an error to believe that psychoanalytic
      theory makes no contribution to describing and assessing
      different types of ethical conduct. The crucial notion in this
      connection is the relative rigidity or flexibility of the superego.
      The childish, immature, or neurotic superego is rigid; it is
      characterized by slavish adherence to rules which, moreover,
      may not be clearly understood. The mature or normal super-
      ego
      , on the other hand, is flexible; it can evaluate the situation
      at hand and modify the rules accordingly. Thus, in an early,
      classic paper, Strachey suggested that the basic aim of psycho-
      analytic treatment is to make such "mutative interpretations"
      as would help to render the patient's "rigid superego" more
      "flexible".8 Like the psychoanalytic theory of the superego, on
      which it is based, this view suffers from the limitation of being
      silent on what sort of rigidity is considered bad or undesirable
      and what sort of flexibility is considered good or desirable. In
      short, Freud and other psychoanalysts have persistently
      dallied with normative systems without ever committing them-
      selves on normative standards.

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Czech

Noun

superego n

  1. superego (psychoanalysis)

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Finnish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsuper.eɡo/, [ˈs̠upe̞r.e̞ɡo̞]
  • Hyphenation: su‧per‧e‧go

Noun

superego

  1. (psychoanalysis) superego

Declension

Inflection of superego (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative superego superegot
genitive superegon superegojen
partitive superegoa superegoja
illative superegoon superegoihin
singular plural
nominative superego superegot
accusative nom. superego superegot
gen. superegon
genitive superegon superegojen
partitive superegoa superegoja
inessive superegossa superegoissa
elative superegosta superegoista
illative superegoon superegoihin
adessive superegolla superegoilla
ablative superegolta superegoilta
allative superegolle superegoille
essive superegona superegoina
translative superegoksi superegoiksi
instructive superegoin
abessive superegotta superegoitta
comitative superegoineen

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

Noun

superego m (plural superegos)

  1. (psychoanalysis) superego (part of the mind that acts as a self-critical conscience)

Spanish

Noun

superego m (plural superegos)

  1. superego
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