superego

Noun

Meaning

superego (plural superegos)

(psychoanalysis) The part of the mind that acts as a self-critical conscience, reflecting social standards that have been learnt.

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Examples

Every morning is a battle between the superego and the id, and I am a mere foot soldier with mud and a snooze button on her shield. Catherynne M. Valente

Who's to say that there is any more support for Freud's psychoanalytic concept of the superego than there is for that old time religion that asserted that there is a God who ordains what is right and wrong, and that His righteousness endures for all generations? Tony Campolo

Godot fulfils the function of the superego or moral standards. Source: Internet

Freud, New Introductory Lectures pp. 104–5 The iceberg metaphor is a commonly used visual when attempting to relate the ego, id and superego with the conscious and unconscious mind. Source: Internet

Moreover, symptoms (such as phobias and compulsions ) each represented elements of some drive wish (sexual and/or aggressive), superego, anxiety, reality, and defenses. Source: Internet

Finally, the superego (conscience) inculcates moral judgment and societal rules upon the ego, thus forcing the demands of the id to be met not only realistically but morally. Source: Internet

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