Both Uses
ego
in
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
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- Can we drop your ego for a moment?†
Chpt 12 *
- If there's anything more important than my ego around, I want it caught and shot now.†
Chpt 12
Definitions:
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(ego Freud's definition) psychoanalysis: the part of the personality that mediates between the primitive, instinctual desires of the id and the moral conscience of the superego
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(ego as in: bruised her ego) one's sense of self-esteem (sense of importance or ability)
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(meaning too rare to warrant focus) Less commonly, ego can be a synonym for self.