The self, especially with a sense of self-importance. / (psychology, Freudian) The most central part of the mind, which mediates with one's surroundings.

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plural of ego

(philosophy, phenomenology) In the thought of Immanuel Kant and Edmund Husserl, the self of each person, understood as the locus of personality and capable of being known as an object by means of reflective awareness, in contrast with the transcendental ego which is always an experiencing subject.

Synonym of transcendental ego

(philosophy, phenomenology, Kantianism) The conscious self which is the unifying subject of a person's experiences and which cannot itself be experienced as an object, understood by Immanuel Kant (1724-1804) as knowable only by inference, and understood by Edmund Husserl (1859-1938) as pure consciousness.

To go on an ego trip; to behave in such a manner.

(philosophy) The Fichtean ego that posits its own existence and through the opposition of subject and object thus created dialectically evolves the universe.

(psychotherapy) A therapist or copatient who acts out a role in a patient's psychodrama.