Associations to the word «Superego»

Wiktionary

SUPEREGO, noun. (psychoanalysis) The part of the mind that acts as a self-critical conscience, reflecting social standards that have been learnt.

Dictionary definition

SUPEREGO, noun. (psychoanalysis) that part of the unconscious mind that acts as a conscience.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope