dynamic
toggle menu
menu
vocabulary
1000+ books

ego
in a sentence
grouped by contextual meaning

ego Freud's definition

Show 3 more with this contextual meaning
  • •
    In psychoanalysis, people are aware of only some of the actions of the ego.
    ego = the personality structure that mediates between the primitive, instinctual desires of the id and the moral conscience of the superego
  • •
    I said I wanted an egg shampoo instead of an ego shampoo.  (source)
    ego = psychoanalysis personality structure; or the conscious mind
  • •
    Then when you want free association, you could stretch your patient out the way the barber does to lather up his customer, and when the fifty minutes are up, you could tilt the chair forward again and hand him a mirror so he can see what he looks like on the outside after you've shaved his ego.  (source)
▲ show less (of above)
Show 1 more
•
Egg…. ego …. close, aren't they?  (source)
ego = psychoanalysis personality structure; or the conscious mind
▲ show less (of above)

ego as in:  bruised her ego

•
She has such an inflated ego; she probably thinks we planned the whole thing for her.
ego = sense of importance
Show 3 more with this contextual meaning
  • •
    Try not to bruise her ego while offering advice.
    ego = sense of self-esteem
  • •
    I'm trying to think about this without letting my ego get in the way.
  • •
    So what I'd really like is to try and conceal him somewhere safe, then go hunt, and come back and collect him. But I have a feeling his ego isn't going to go for that suggestion.  (source)
    ego = sense of self-esteem (sense of importance or ability)
▲ show less (of above)
Show 10 more with 3 word variations
  • •
    By Afghan standards, my question had been bold. With it, I had bared myself, and left little doubt as to my interest in her. But I was a man, and all I had risked was a bruised ego. Bruises healed. Reputations did not. Would she take my dare?  (source)
    ego = sense of self-esteem
  • •
    Check egos at the door: When you discuss ideas, label them and write them down.†  (source)
  • •
    An egoless acceptance of stuckness is a key to an understanding of all Quality, in mechanical work as in other endeavors.†  (source)
    egoless = without a sense of importance
    standard suffix: The suffix "-less" in egoless means without and reverses the meaning of ego. This is the same pattern you see in words like harmless, fearless, and powerless.
  • •
    They secured the Bird's approval by stroking his ego, naming him "master of ceremonies" and giving him a throne at the front of the "theater"—the bathhouse—outfitted with planks perched on washtubs to serve as a stage.  (source)
    ego = sense of self-esteem (sense of importance)
  • •
    I never talked about Egos and Ids with Doctor Nolan.†  (source)
  • •
    He rises, returns to them, and dwells with them as an egoless center, through whom the principle of emptiness is made manifest in its own simplicity.†  (source)
    egoless = without a sense of importance
  • •
    The male ego had spent two millennia running unchecked by its female counterpart.  (source)
    ego = sense of self-esteem (sense of importance or ability)
  • •
    That oil money just washed right off, and people were making fortunes in anything that smacked of luxury, anything to feed the egos of the oil guys, who were spending and borrowing money at a rate never seen before or since.†  (source)
  • •
    The main character, Gabriel Conroy, must learn that he is not superior to everyone else; during the course of the evening he receives a series of small shocks to his ego that collectively demonstrate that he is very much part of the more general social fabric.  (source)
  • •
    Which means the switchboard gets jammed with fans calling in, and we have to find dressing room space for seven enormous egos.†  (source)
▲ show less (of above)