superego

See also: Superego, süperego, and super-ego

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

super + ego, from earlier form super-ego, calqued after German Über-Ich, from über- (super-) + Ich (ego), from the pronoun ich (I).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /supɛɹiɡoʊ/
    Rhymes: -iːɡəʊ

Noun

superego (plural superegos)

  1. (psychoanalysis) The part of the mind that acts as a self-critical conscience, reflecting social standards that have been learnt.
    • 1974, Thomas S. Szasz, chapter 9, in The Myth of Mental Illness, →ISBN, page 152:
      Still, it would be an error to believe that psychoanalytic theory makes no contribution to describing and assessing different types of ethical conduct. The crucial notion in this connection is the relative rigidity or flexibility of the superego. The childish, immature, or neurotic superego is rigid; it is characterized by slavish adherence to rules which, moreover, may not be clearly understood. The mature or normal superego, on the other hand, is flexible; it can evaluate the situation at hand and modify the rules accordingly. Thus, in an early, classic paper, Strachey suggested that the basic aim of psychoanalytic treatment is to make such “mutative interpretations” as would help to render the patient’s “rigid superego” more “flexible”.8 Like the psychoanalytic theory of the superego, on which it is based, this view suffers from the limitation of being silent on what sort of rigidity is considered bad or undesirable and what sort of flexibility is considered good or desirable.

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Czech

Noun

superego n

  1. superego (psychoanalysis)
    Synonym: nadjá

Declension

Finnish

Etymology

From English superego.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsuper.eɡo/, [ˈs̠upe̞rˌe̞ɡo̞]
  • Rhymes: -eɡo
  • Syllabification(key): su‧per‧e‧go

Noun

superego

  1. (psychoanalysis) superego

Declension

Inflection of superego (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative superego superegot
genitive superegon superegojen
partitive superegoa superegoja
illative superegoon superegoihin
singular plural
nominative superego superegot
accusative nom. superego superegot
gen. superegon
genitive superegon superegojen
partitive superegoa superegoja
inessive superegossa superegoissa
elative superegosta superegoista
illative superegoon superegoihin
adessive superegolla superegoilla
ablative superegolta superegoilta
allative superegolle superegoille
essive superegona superegoina
translative superegoksi superegoiksi
abessive superegotta superegoitta
instructive superegoin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of superego (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative superegoni superegoni
accusative nom. superegoni superegoni
gen. superegoni
genitive superegoni superegojeni
partitive superegoani superegojani
inessive superegossani superegoissani
elative superegostani superegoistani
illative superegooni superegoihini
adessive superegollani superegoillani
ablative superegoltani superegoiltani
allative superegolleni superegoilleni
essive superegonani superegoinani
translative superegokseni superegoikseni
abessive superegottani superegoittani
instructive
comitative superegoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative superegosi superegosi
accusative nom. superegosi superegosi
gen. superegosi
genitive superegosi superegojesi
partitive superegoasi superegojasi
inessive superegossasi superegoissasi
elative superegostasi superegoistasi
illative superegoosi superegoihisi
adessive superegollasi superegoillasi
ablative superegoltasi superegoiltasi
allative superegollesi superegoillesi
essive superegonasi superegoinasi
translative superegoksesi superegoiksesi
abessive superegottasi superegoittasi
instructive
comitative superegoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative superegomme superegomme
accusative nom. superegomme superegomme
gen. superegomme
genitive superegomme superegojemme
partitive superegoamme superegojamme
inessive superegossamme superegoissamme
elative superegostamme superegoistamme
illative superegoomme superegoihimme
adessive superegollamme superegoillamme
ablative superegoltamme superegoiltamme
allative superegollemme superegoillemme
essive superegonamme superegoinamme
translative superegoksemme superegoiksemme
abessive superegottamme superegoittamme
instructive
comitative superegoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative superegonne superegonne
accusative nom. superegonne superegonne
gen. superegonne
genitive superegonne superegojenne
partitive superegoanne superegojanne
inessive superegossanne superegoissanne
elative superegostanne superegoistanne
illative superegoonne superegoihinne
adessive superegollanne superegoillanne
ablative superegoltanne superegoiltanne
allative superegollenne superegoillenne
essive superegonanne superegoinanne
translative superegoksenne superegoiksenne
abessive superegottanne superegoittanne
instructive
comitative superegoinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative superegonsa superegonsa
accusative nom. superegonsa superegonsa
gen. superegonsa
genitive superegonsa superegojensa
partitive superegoaan
superegoansa
superegojaan
superegojansa
inessive superegossaan
superegossansa
superegoissaan
superegoissansa
elative superegostaan
superegostansa
superegoistaan
superegoistansa
illative superegoonsa superegoihinsa
adessive superegollaan
superegollansa
superegoillaan
superegoillansa
ablative superegoltaan
superegoltansa
superegoiltaan
superegoiltansa
allative superegolleen
superegollensa
superegoilleen
superegoillensa
essive superegonaan
superegonansa
superegoinaan
superegoinansa
translative superegokseen
superegoksensa
superegoikseen
superegoiksensa
abessive superegottaan
superegottansa
superegoittaan
superegoittansa
instructive
comitative superegoineen
superegoinensa

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Further reading

Polish

Etymology

From super- + ego.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /su.pɛrˈɛ.ɡɔ/
  • Rhymes: -ɛɡɔ
  • Syllabification: su‧per‧e‧go

Noun

superego n (indeclinable)

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

Further reading

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌsu.peɾˈɛ.ɡu/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌsu.peɾˈɛ.ɡo/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˌsu.pɛɾˈɛ.ɡu/ [ˌsu.pɛɾˈɛ.ɣu]

  • Rhymes: -ɛɡu
  • Hyphenation: su‧pe‧re‧go

Noun

superego m (plural superegos)

  1. (psychoanalysis) superego (part of the mind that acts as a self-critical conscience)

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /supeˈɾeɡo/ [su.peˈɾe.ɣ̞o]
  • Rhymes: -eɡo
  • Syllabification: su‧pe‧re‧go

Noun

superego m (plural superegos)

  1. superego

Further reading

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