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ego (s) (noun), egos (pl)
1. The self, especially as distinct from the world and other selves.
2. In psychoanalysis, the division of the psyche that is conscious, most immediately controls thought and behavior, and is most in touch with external reality: The ego is a part of the mind that senses and adapts to the real world.
3. An exaggerated sense of self-importance; conceit.
4. Appropriate pride in oneself; self-esteem.
5. Consciousness of one's own identity.

In psychoanalytic theory, the division of the psyche that is conscious, most immediately controls thought and behavior, and mediates between the person and external reality.

None are so empty as those who are full of themselves.
—Benjamin Whichcote

There’s only one thing that can keep growing without nourishment: the human ego.

—Marshall Lumsden
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(Latin: I, self)
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alter ego
1. Another self.
2. A very close friend.

"Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde were alter egos in a tale of horror."