superego

Topic: PSYCHOLOGY, PSYCHIATRY

Date:	1900-2000
Origin:	super- + ego

superego
noun

su‧per‧e‧go See pronunciation table in "How to use dictionary" pages

plural superegos [countable] technical

MP used in Freudian psychology to refer to the part of your mind that tells you whether what you are doing is morally right or wrong [= conscience; ↪ ego, id]

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