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ego ideal
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ego ideal
n.
In psychoanalysis, the part of one's ego that contains an idealized self based on those people, especially parents and peers, one admires and wishes to emulate.
ego ideal
n
(Psychoanalysis) Psychoanal an internal ideal of personal perfection that represents what one wants to be rather than what one ought to be and is derived from one's early relationship with one's parents See also superego
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Noun1.ego ideal - (psychoanalysis) the part of the ego that contains an ideal of personal excellence toward which a person strives
depth psychology, psychoanalysis, analysis - a set of techniques for exploring underlying motives and a method of treating various mental disorders; based on the theories of Sigmund Freud; "his physician recommended psychoanalysis"
ideal - the idea of something that is perfect; something that one hopes to attain
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No twin, no sister, no shadow of Sally Melhado's ideal ego.
Companion by White, Sarah / Harvard Review
The personality traits contributing to openness operate on the first level through the ego's navigation of (1) a realignment of the twin ideals of ego ideal (yearning for perfection) and ideal ego (inflated sense of self, and (2) successive deintegrations (Fordham) to accommodate newly consolidated growth.
Editor's note by Hartman, David / Journal of Heart Centered Therapies
The personality traits contributing to openness operate on the first level through the ego's navigation of (1) a realignment of the twin ideals of ego ideal (yearning for perfection) and ideal ego (inflated sense of self); and (2) successive deintegrations (Fordham) to accommodate newly consolidated growth.
Deintegrate, disintegrate, unintegrate: a Buddhist perspective in ... by Zimberoff, Diane / Journal of Heart Centered Therapies
 
 
 
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