ego ideal in English

noun
1
(in Freudian theory) the part of the mind that imposes on itself concepts of ideal behavior developed from parental and social standards.

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1. The individual gains no narcissistic gratification from his ego ideal.

2. The dialectic between actual ego and ego-ideal is prefigured here in primordial form.

3. 3 The dialectic between actual ego and ego-ideal is prefigured here in primordial form.

4. 15 Social feelings arise, too, through identifications with other members of a group who all internalize the same ego ideal.

5. For those people whose ego ideal has ruled them with especial strictness, the group situation can appear particularly attractive. Sentencedict.com

6. The third chapter applies the personality theory to the analysis of the poetic play to explore the influence of superego on Shakuntala from two aspects of ego ideal and conscience.

7. In this way, the projection of the ego-ideal into the analyst as the representative of hope and the relationship which, as it were, develops “behind the back of the analysand” will get attacked, a relationship in which the object develops step by step and opens the door for the transference neurosis because, as Grunberger points out, within the monad the (drive-)object is already waiting.