Synonyms for alter ego

Grammar : Noun

Spell : awl-ter ee-goh, eg-oh, al-

Phonetic Transcription : ˈɔl tər ˈi goʊ, ˌɛg oʊ, ˈæl-

Définition of alter ego

Origin : 1530s, from Latin phrase (used by Cicero), "a second self, a trusted friend" (cf. Greek allos ego); see alter and ego.

noun other side to personality
noun companion

Example sentences :

Has each of us an alter ego, who can really behave, elsewhere?
Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, April 5, 1916 » by Various

It is the care, the management of this house that I have thought of intrusting to you as to an alter ego.
Extract from : « The Nabob » by Alphonse Daudet

In Achilles, the other self, the alter ego, is the stronger man.
Extract from : « The Secret Life » by Elizabeth Bisland

Inversely, the animal is regarded as a double of the man, as his alter ego.
Extract from : « The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life » by Emile Durkheim

The horse is regarded by the Central Asiatic as his alter ego.
Extract from : « Travels in Central Asia » by Arminius Vmbry

So the word came to mean a counterpart, a double, one's alter ego.
Extract from : « Mysterious Psychic Forces » by Camille Flammarion

Since she could not marry him, Cline wanted Mademoiselle to do so, for Mademoiselle was her alter ego.
Extract from : « Vision House » by C. N. Williamson

As his alter ego had addressed the King, so he now addressed the nation.
Extract from : « Victor Hugo: His Life and Works » by G. Barnett Smith

She was his shadow, his alter ego, his servant, his anything he wanted her to be.
Extract from : « The "Genius" » by Theodore Dreiser

His alter ego was Delaroche, to whom he gave his daughter in marriage.
Extract from : « Balzac » by Frederick Lawton

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