Associations to the word «Superego»

Wiktionary

SUPEREGO, noun. (psychoanalysis) The part of the mind that acts as a self-critical conscience, reflecting social standards that have been learnt.

Dictionary definition

SUPEREGO, noun. (psychoanalysis) that part of the unconscious mind that acts as a conscience.

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne