Synonyms for egos


Grammar : Noun
Spell : ee-goh, eg-oh
Phonetic Transcription : ˈi goʊ, ˈɛg oʊ


Définition of egos

Origin :
  • 1714, as a term in metaphysics, from Latin ego "I" (cognate with Old English ic, see I). Psychoanalytic sense is from 1894; sense of "conceit" is 1891. Ego trip first recorded 1969.
  • In the book of Egoism it is written, Possession without obligation to the object possessed approaches felicity. [George Meredith, "The Egoist," 1879]
  • noun personality
Example sentences :
  • Now that the two egos have interchanged, I will shift the bodies.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science April 1930 » by Various
  • She was an orchestra of cells; the multiplicity of her egos astonished, yet did not distress her.
  • Extract from : « Painted Veils » by James Huneker
  • The banishment of egos, ostracism, makes the people autocrat.
  • Extract from : « The Ego and His Own » by Max Stirner
  • But I am not an ego along with other egos, but the sole ego: I am unique.
  • Extract from : « The Ego and His Own » by Max Stirner
  • Here society is conceived of as merely a collection of egos.
  • Extract from : « Violence and the Labor Movement » by Robert Hunter
  • The two Egos must lie not side by side, but in and over one another.
  • Extract from : « International Congress of Arts and Science, Volume I » by Various
  • Our personalities thought they wanted so many things, but our egos knew we wanted only to grow, and so gave us the chance.
  • Extract from : « Edgar Saltus: The Man » by Marie Saltus
  • Given the liberation and development of intelligence, and the discordant strife of egos will yield undreamed-of harmonies.
  • Extract from : « Philosophy and The Social Problem » by Will Durant
  • Having less self-respect, less proper regard for their egos, they care less than the cats do for the casing of the ego,--the body.
  • Extract from : « This Simian World » by Clarence Day
  • Take Browett— most men are afraid of him—not physical fear, but their inner selves, their egos, go down before him.
  • Extract from : « The Seeker » by Harry Leon Wilson

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