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ego ideal [¦ē‚gō ī′dēl]

(psychology)

The part of an individual's personality that is composed of the aims and goals for the self and that usually refers to the conscious or unconscious emulation of significant people with whom the individual has identified.

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No references found			From this viewpoint, "private shame" shares a common aspect with guilt, although while guilt prompts individuals to criticize themselves for "being bad", shame prompts them to criticize themselves for "being inferior" (20) to the ego ideal. Study of the relationship between perceived maternal parenting and ... by Uji, Masayo; Kitamura, Toshinori; Nagata, Toshiaki / Archives: The International Journal of Medicine When our thoughts or feelings are in serious conflict with our ideals, the ego ideal will tend to encourage its repression (Freud, 1914). THE FREUDIAN CONCEPT OF NARCISSISM by Leonard B. Klein / Psychology and mental health community Freud discussed "a differentiation in the ego" as the ego ideal or superego, thus introducing the now familiar term but not as yet clearly distinguished from the ego ideal. "Love Supreme": on spiritual experience and change in personality ... by Stevens, Bruce A. / Journal of Psychology and Theology			Egishe Martirosovich Tatevosian Egishe Tatevosian Egk, Werner Eglah Eglaim Eglamour, Sir eglandular eglantine Eglantine, Madame eglestonite Eglevsky, André Egli Eglon Egmont Egmont Key National Wildlife Refuge Egmont Key State Park Egmont, Count of Egmont, John Perceval, 1st earl of Egmont, Lamoral, count of Egmont, Mount Egnate Fomich Ninoshvili Egnell's law EGNOS ego ego analysis ego ideal ego-dystonia ego-syntonia egocasting egocentric Egocentrism Egoism egomania Egon Erwin Kisch Egon Petri Egon Rannet Egor Abramovich Peretts Egor Afanasev Egor Afanasevich Afanasev Egor Afanasevich Klimanov Egor Agarkov Egor Aleksandrovich Isaev Egor Alipanov Egor Baramzin Egor Cheliev Egor Efimovich Nechaev Egor Egorovich Vagner Egor Egorovich Zamyslovskii Egor Fedorovich Timkovskii Egor Frantsevich Kankrin Egor Gerasimovich Cheliev			EGNL Egnlish Egnlish EGNM EGNO Egnos Egnos EGNOS Network Time EGNOS Operator and Infrastructure Group Egnos System Test Bed EGNOS Wide Area Communications Network ego ego ego ego ego ego Ego (spirituality) ego analysis ego analysis ego analysis ego analysis ego analysis Ego Boost Ego Boost ego boundary Ego defense Ego Defense Mechanism Ego defenses Ego dystonic ego ideal ego identity Ego Identity Process Questionnaire ego libido Ego shooter ego strength ego trip ego trips ego-alien ego-defense mechanism ego-dystonia ego-dystonic ego-dystonic homosexuality ego-integrity Ego-Oriented Individual Therapy ego-syntonia ego-syntonic ego-trip ego-tripped ego-tripper ego-tripping ego-trips Egoboo egobronchophony egobronchophony EGOC

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