plural
egos
plural
egos
Britannica Dictionary definition of EGO
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1
:
the opinion that you have about yourself
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Winning was good for our egos. = Winning boosted our egos. [=winning made us proud of ourselves]
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He has a big/inflated/enormous ego. [=he has an overly high opinion of himself]
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She has a fragile ego. [=she lacks confidence in herself]
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a bruised ego [=a feeling that you are not as important as you thought you were]
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a healthy/strong ego
2
psychology
:
a part of the mind that senses and adapts to the real world
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compare id, superego