# superego
## English
### Alternative forms

* super-ego

### Etymology

From super +‎ ego, from earlier form super-ego, calqued after German Über-Ich, from über- (“super-”) + Ich (“ego”), from the pronoun ich (“I”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /supɛɹiɡoʊ/
    Rhymes: -iːɡəʊ

### Noun

superego (plural superegos)
* (psychoanalysis) The part of the mind that acts as a self-critical conscience, reflecting social standards that have been learnt.
** 1974, Thomas S. Szasz, chapter 9, in The Myth of Mental Illness, →ISBN, page 152:Still, it would be an error to believe that psychoanalytic theory makes no contribution to describing and assessing different types of ethical conduct. The crucial notion in this connection is the relative rigidity or flexibility of the superego. The childish, immature, or neurotic superego is rigid; it is characterized by slavish adherence to rules which, moreover, may not be clearly understood. The mature or normal superego, on the other hand, is flexible; it can evaluate the situation at hand and modify the rules accordingly. Thus, in an early, classic paper, Strachey suggested that the basic aim of psychoanalytic treatment is to make such “mutative interpretations” as would help to render the patient’s “rigid superego” more “flexible”.$^8$ Like the psychoanalytic theory of the superego, on which it is based, this view suffers from the limitation of being silent on what sort of rigidity is considered bad or undesirable and what sort of flexibility is considered good or desirable.

#### See also

* ego
* id

### Anagrams

* Pegueros, perogues, pure egos

## Czech
### Noun

superego n
* superego (psychoanalysis)
    Synonym: nadjá

#### Declension
## Finnish
### Etymology

From English superego.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsuperˌeɡo/, [ˈs̠upe̞rˌe̞ɡo̞]
* Rhymes: -eɡo
* Syllabification: su‧pe‧re‧go, su‧per‧e‧go

### Noun

superego
* (psychoanalysis) superego

#### Declension

Possessive forms of superego (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
superegoni
superegoni
accusative
nom.
superegoni
superegoni
gen.
superegoni
genitive
superegoni
superegojeni
partitive
superegoani
superegojani
inessive
superegossani
superegoissani
elative
superegostani
superegoistani
illative
superegooni
superegoihini
adessive
superegollani
superegoillani
ablative
superegoltani
superegoiltani
allative
superegolleni
superegoilleni
essive
superegonani
superegoinani
translative
superegokseni
superegoikseni
abessive
superegottani
superegoittani
instructive
comitative
—superegoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
superegosi
superegosi
accusative
nom.
superegosi
superegosi
gen.
superegosi
genitive
superegosi
superegojesi
partitive
superegoasi
superegojasi
inessive
superegossasi
superegoissasi
elative
superegostasi
superegoistasi
illative
superegoosi
superegoihisi
adessive
superegollasi
superegoillasi
ablative
superegoltasi
superegoiltasi
allative
superegollesi
superegoillesi
essive
superegonasi
superegoinasi
translative
superegoksesi
superegoiksesi
abessive
superegottasi
superegoittasi
instructive
comitative
—superegoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
superegomme
superegomme
accusative
nom.
superegomme
superegomme
gen.
superegomme
genitive
superegomme
superegojemme
partitive
superegoamme
superegojamme
inessive
superegossamme
superegoissamme
elative
superegostamme
superegoistamme
illative
superegoomme
superegoihimme
adessive
superegollamme
superegoillamme
ablative
superegoltamme
superegoiltamme
allative
superegollemme
superegoillemme
essive
superegonamme
superegoinamme
translative
superegoksemme
superegoiksemme
abessive
superegottamme
superegoittamme
instructive
comitative
—superegoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
superegonne
superegonne
accusative
nom.
superegonne
superegonne
gen.
superegonne
genitive
superegonne
superegojenne
partitive
superegoanne
superegojanne
inessive
superegossanne
superegoissanne
elative
superegostanne
superegoistanne
illative
superegoonne
superegoihinne
adessive
superegollanne
superegoillanne
ablative
superegoltanne
superegoiltanne
allative
superegollenne
superegoillenne
essive
superegonanne
superegoinanne
translative
superegoksenne
superegoiksenne
abessive
superegottanne
superegoittanne
instructive
comitative
—superegoinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
superegonsa
superegonsa
accusative
nom.
superegonsa
superegonsa
gen.
superegonsa
genitive
superegonsa
superegojensa
partitive
superegoaan superegoansa
superegojaan superegojansa
inessive
superegossaan superegossansa
superegoissaan superegoissansa
elative
superegostaan superegostansa
superegoistaan superegoistansa
illative
superegoonsa
superegoihinsa
adessive
superegollaan superegollansa
superegoillaan superegoillansa
ablative
superegoltaan superegoltansa
superegoiltaan superegoiltansa
allative
superegolleen superegollensa
superegoilleen superegoillensa
essive
superegonaan superegonansa
superegoinaan superegoinansa
translative
superegokseen superegoksensa
superegoikseen superegoiksensa
abessive
superegottaan superegottansa
superegoittaan superegoittansa
instructive
comitative
—superegoineen superegoinensa :

#### Synonyms

* yliminä

### Further reading

* “superego”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

## Polish
### Etymology

From super- +‎ ego. Calque of German Über-Ich.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /su.pɛrˈɛ.ɡɔ/
* Rhymes: -ɛɡɔ
* Syllabification: su‧per‧e‧go

### Noun

superego n (indeclinable)
* (psychoanalysis) superego (part of the mind that acts as a self-critical conscience, reflecting social standards that have been learnt)
    Coordinate terms: ego, id

### Further reading

* superego in Polish dictionaries at PWN
* superego in PWN's encyclopedia

## Portuguese
### Alternative forms

* supereu

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˌsu.peɾˈɛ.ɡu/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˌsu.peɾˈɛ.ɡu/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˌsu.peɾˈɛ.ɡo/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˌsu.pɛɾˈɛ.ɡu/ [ˌsu.pɛɾˈɛ.ɣu]
* Rhymes: -ɛɡu
* Hyphenation: su‧pe‧re‧go

### Noun

superego m (plural superegos)
* (psychoanalysis) superego (part of the mind that acts as a self-critical conscience)

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /supeˈɾeɡo/ [su.peˈɾe.ɣ̞o]
* Rhymes: -eɡo
* Syllabification: su‧pe‧re‧go

### Noun

superego m (plural superegos)
* superego

### Further reading

* “superego”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28