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   Ego ideal
   The ego ideal is the inner image of oneself as one wants to become. Alternatively, `The Freudian notion of a perfect or ideal self housed in the superego`, consisting of `the individual`s conscious and unconscious images of what he would like to be, patterned after certain people whom...he regards ...
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   ego ideal
   [n] - an ideal of personal excellence toward which a person strives
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   ego ideal
   noun (psychoanalysis) the part of the ego that contains an ideal of personal excellence toward which a person strives
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   ego ideal
   the component of the superego containing the internalized image of what one desires to become, which the ego strives to attain. It is formed through conscious or unconscious identification with a person who plays a significant role or has a place of esteem in the life of the developing child, or thr...
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   ego ideal
   (from the article `superego`) ...by which the ego operates. The superego`s criticisms, prohibitions, and inhibitions form a person`s conscience, and its positive aspirations and ...
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   ego-ideal
   In psychoanalysis, a more or less conscious ideal of personal excellence toward which an individual strives, and that is derived from a composite image of the personal characteristics of a parent, public figure, or one or more other individuals the person admires. ... The part of the personality tha...
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   ego-ideal
   Type: Term Pronunciation: ē′gō-ī-dēl′ Definitions: 1. In psychoanalysis, the coalescence in the superego of internal representations of what one ought to be, arising from aspects of an admired parent and/or hero figure, a concept of self that would gain maximal approv...
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   egoideal
   1) Freudian concept 2) Paradigm of perfection 3) Personal standards one aspires to 4) The best you can be, freudian-style
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