Ego - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Ego :  (noun)
1: an inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others [syn: egotism, self-importance]
2: your consciousness of your own identity [syn: self]
3: (psychoanalysis) the conscious mind

Based on WordNet 2.0

Ego : \E"go\, n. [L., I.] (Met.) The conscious and permanent subject of all psychical experiences, whether held to be directly known or the product of reflective thought; -- opposed to non-ego.

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

EGO. I, myself. This term is used in forming genealogical tables, to represent the person who is the object of inquiry.

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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