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superego

/soo-per-ee-goh, -eg-oh/US // ˌsu pərˈi goʊ, -ˈɛg oʊ //UK // (ˌsuːpərˈiːɡəʊ, -ˈɛɡəʊ) //

超我,超自我,超级自我,超我的

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural su·per·e·gos.Psychoanalysis.

    • : the part of the personality representing the conscience, formed in early life by internalization of the standards of parents and other models of behavior.

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Examples

  • Imagine that the superego comes as a low-voltage father who cannot stop struggling with his bowels.

  • His words come in a torrent, an id-gush; I imagine his superego watching with its usual resignation from the balcony.

  • An old superstition, like the id-ego-superego triad of the sick-minded psychologists.