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the component of the superego comprising the internalized image of what one desires to become and toward the attainment of which the ego strives, formed through conscious or unconscious identification with or emulation of one who plays a significant role or has a place of esteem in the life of the developing child.Medical dictionary. 2011.
ego ideal — n. Psychoanalysis the ego s conception of a better or more successful future self, based on identification with parents or parental substitutes … English World dictionary
Ego ideal — In Freudian psychology, the ego ideal (or ideal ego) is an image of the perfect self towards which the ego should aspire. [Janine Chasseguet Smirgel, The Ego Ideal: A Psychoanalytic Essay on the Malady of the Ideal , 1st American ed., trans. Paul … Wikipedia
Ego-Ideal — Ego Ide|al, auch Ego|ide|al das; s, e: für die eigene Person gültiges Leitbild, das durch seinen Grundsatzcharakter zur Persönlichkeitsentwicklung beiträgt (Psychol.) … Das große Fremdwörterbuch
Ego-Ideal — Ego Ide|al, das (Psych.): für die eigene Person gültiges Leitbild, das durch seinen grundsätzlichen Charakter zur Persönlichkeitsentwicklung beiträgt … Universal-Lexikon
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… … Medical dictionary
ego ideal — noun (psychoanalysis) the part of the ego that contains an ideal of personal excellence toward which a person strives • Topics: ↑psychoanalysis, ↑analysis, ↑depth psychology • Hypernyms: ↑ideal … Useful english dictionary
ego ideal — Psychoanal. a more or less conscious ideal of personal excellence derived from a composite image of the characteristics of persons, initially those of the parents, with whom the individual identifies. [1920 25] * * * … Universalium
ego ideal — e′go ide al n. psl prs Psychoanal. an ideal of personal excellence based on positive identification with parent figures • Etymology: 1920–25 … From formal English to slang
ego ideal — noun Date: 1922 the standards, ideals, and ambitions that according to psychoanalytic theory are assimilated from the superego … New Collegiate Dictionary
ego ideal — /igoʊ aɪˈdil/ (say eegoh uy deel) noun Psychology a more or less conscious criterion of personal excellence towards which an individual strives. It is derived from a composite image of the characteristics of persons (initially the parents) with… …
