superego
noun
su·per·ego
ˌsü-pər-ˈē-(ˌ)gō 
also
-ˈe-(ˌ)gō
Examples of superego in a Sentence
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By the middle of 2017 my id wanted nothing to do with her superego.
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Lizzie Hyman, Peoplemag, 24 Jan. 2024
Challenging Freud's Superego Concept Freud’s concept of the superego is one theory that current neurological research doesn't support.
—Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 9 Nov. 2023
Understanding the Superego Around the age of six, Freud theorized that a person’s superego began to form.
—Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 9 Nov. 2023
Literature stands as the emblem of reason, as the superego defending against the subversive power of the nightmarish free associations that gave us conspiracies like Pizzagate—perhaps the most extraordinary public instance of the logic of dreams in modern history.
—Michael W. Clune, Harper's Magazine, 4 Mar. 2022
Freud introduced the idea of the superego in the 1920s to describe how one part of our personality judges other parts.
—Michael S. Roth, Washington Post, 27 Apr. 2023
Fox will get worse because Fox is the unchained id of the American right, and there exists no superego (the self-critical conscience) on the right to check it.
—Michael Tomasky, The New Republic, 25 Apr. 2023
The superego is often linked to father figures.
—Andrew Hartz, WSJ, 7 Aug. 2022
The superego isn’t always ethical.
—Andrew Hartz, WSJ, 7 Aug. 2022
Lizzie Hyman, Peoplemag, 24 Jan. 2024
Challenging Freud's Superego Concept Freud’s concept of the superego is one theory that current neurological research doesn't support.
—Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 9 Nov. 2023
Understanding the Superego Around the age of six, Freud theorized that a person’s superego began to form.
—Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 9 Nov. 2023
Literature stands as the emblem of reason, as the superego defending against the subversive power of the nightmarish free associations that gave us conspiracies like Pizzagate—perhaps the most extraordinary public instance of the logic of dreams in modern history.
—Michael W. Clune, Harper's Magazine, 4 Mar. 2022
Freud introduced the idea of the superego in the 1920s to describe how one part of our personality judges other parts.
—Michael S. Roth, Washington Post, 27 Apr. 2023
Fox will get worse because Fox is the unchained id of the American right, and there exists no superego (the self-critical conscience) on the right to check it.
—Michael Tomasky, The New Republic, 25 Apr. 2023
The superego is often linked to father figures.
—Andrew Hartz, WSJ, 7 Aug. 2022
The superego isn’t always ethical.
—Andrew Hartz, WSJ, 7 Aug. 2022
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“Superego.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/superego. Accessed 17 Apr. 2024.
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