ego — a person's sense of self-esteem or self-importance
Part of speech: NOUN
Definition: a person's sense of self-esteem or self-importance
Pronunciation (IPA): /ˈiːɡoʊ/
Example Sentences
- The celebrity's ego was so big, he needed two chairs at the restaurant.
- She put aside her ego and asked for help with the project.
- His ego took a hit when his younger sister got promoted first.
ego
NOUN[/ˈiːɡoʊ/]
a person's sense of self-esteem or self-importance
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🎤Pronunciation
🌳Etymology
Origin
Derived from Latin ego, meaning 'I' or 'myself'. The word retained its basic sense of personal identity in philosophical contexts until Sigmund Freud adopted it in early 20th-century psychology, where it came to denote the rational, conscious part of the psyche that mediates between desires and reality.
Breakdown
ego (Latin): 'I, myself' — a first-person pronoun that forms the root of the psychological term without additional morphological components in its modern usage.
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📝Examples
“The celebrity's ego was so big, he needed two chairs at the restaurant.”
“She put aside her ego and asked for help with the project.”
“His ego took a hit when his younger sister got promoted first.”
“The boss loves it when people massage his ego with compliments.”
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