ego

ego

L’importance ou la valeur qu’on s’accorde, surtout quand cela se traduit par une fierté excessive.

En anglais simple : Your sense of your own value or importance, especially when it makes you seem too proud.

• He has a big ego.
• Losing the game hurt her ego.
• Try to keep your ego out of the discussion.

Synonymes : self-importance, pride

Expressions courantes : big ego, hurt someone’s ego, boost someone’s ego

moi

Dans certaines théories, la partie de l’esprit qui adapte nos désirs à ce qui est possible ou acceptable.

En anglais simple : In some theories, the part of your mind that balances your wishes with what is possible or acceptable.

• The ego deals with reality.
• Freud described tensions between the ego and the id.
• The therapist discussed how the ego manages conflicting wishes.

Expressions courantes : ego development, ego and superego, role of ego

ego, personne de référence

La personne à partir de laquelle on décrit les liens de parenté dans un arbre généalogique.

En anglais simple : The person whose position is used to describe relationships in a family tree.

• Ego is at the center of the chart.
• The diagram labels each relative according to their relationship to ego.
• Here, ego’s mother has two brothers.

Synonymes : reference person

Expressions courantes : relatives of ego, ego’s father, ego’s family