Ego

Definition of Ego

The Canada social science dictionary [1] provides the following meaning of Ego: In anthropology this refers to the individual from whom the networks of kinship and family relationship and descent are reckoned and traced. In psychology the term is used to refer to the self of the individual and the way they have constructed their personality and identity in society. In Freud’s psychoanalytic theory, the ego is the outcome of the individual’s struggle to adapt their basic drives (the ‘id’) to the imperative control of society and culture (the ‘super ego’). Between their drives and the coercive influence of social expectation, individuals create a sphere of unique personality.

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Notes and References

• Drislane, R., & Parkinson, G. (2016). (Concept of) Ego. Online dictionary of the social sciences. Open University of Canada

Concept of “Ego, Talis”

Traditional meaning of ego, talis in English (with some legal use of this latin concept in England and the United States in the XIX Century) [1]: (in Latin) I; such a one.

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Notes and References

1. Based on A Concise Law Dictionary of Words, Phrases and Maxims, “Ego, Talis”, Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1911, United States. It is also called the Stimson’s Law dictionary. This term and/or definition may be absolete.

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