All 3 Uses
ego
in
Breaking Dawn, by Meyer
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- I'd never seen Tanya before, but I was sure that meeting her wouldn't be a pleasant experience for my ego.†
Book 1 *
- But I thought this would still work out, because I had his ego on my side.†
Book 2
- Sometimes I thought they looked kind of interested, but maybe that was just my ego running wild.†
Book 2
Definitions:
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(1)
(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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(2)
(ego as in: bruised her ego) one's sense of self-esteem (sense of importance or ability)
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(3)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) Less commonly, ego can be a synonym for self.