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Superego

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Noun

1. superego

(psychoanalysis) that part of the unconscious mind that acts as a conscience

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Superego

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noun plural -gos
psychoanalysis
that part of the unconscious mind that acts as a conscience for the ego, developing mainly from the relationship between a child and his or her parents
See also id, ego

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Superego

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nounWord forms: plural ˌsuperˈegos
Psychoanalysis
that part of the psyche which is critical of the self or ego and enforces moral standards: at an unconscious level it blocks unacceptable impulses of the id

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Superego

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n. pl. su·per·e·gos
In psychoanalytic theory, the division of the unconscious that is formed through the internalization of moral standards of parents and society and that censors and restrains the rest of the psyche.

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