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Ego vs Egoitis - What's the difference?

ego | egoitis |

As nouns the difference between ego and egoitis

is that ego is ego while egoitis is (humorous) a notional disease characterised by an overblown ego.

ego

English

Noun

(en noun) (wikipedia ego)
  • (senseid)the self, especially with a sense of self-importance
  • * 1998 ,
    • When every thought absorbs your attention completely, when you are so identified with the voice in your head and the emotions that accompany it that you lose yourself in every thought and every emotion, then you are totally identified with form and therefore in the grip of ego'. ' Ego is a conglomeration of recurring thought forms and conditioned mental-emotional patterns that are invested with a sense of I, a sense of self.
  • (psychology, Freudian) the most central part of the mind, which mediates with one's surroundings
  • * 1954 , Calvin S. Hall, “A Primer of Freudian Psychology”
    • In the well adjusted person the ego is the executive of the personality and is governed by the reality principle.

    Derived terms

    * alter ego * (l) * egoism * egoist * egoistic * egoistical * egoistically * (l) * egotism * egotist * egotistic * egotistical * egotistically * ego trip * empirical ego * pure ego * superego * transcendental ego

    See also

    * id * superego

    Anagrams

    * English three-letter words ----

    egoitis

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (humorous) A notional disease characterised by an overblown ego.
  • * 1906 , William Magnay, The Master Spirit
    • "Ah, she has caught the disease egoitis in a virulent form from her husband who was once a commercial traveller," Gastineau commented.
  • * 1965 , Edward John Kempf, Abraham Lincoln's philosophy of common sense (volume 1, page 166)
    • ...a compensatory egoitis that grew sarcastic and satirical in debate.