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superego

noun
/ˈsupɚˌiɡoʊ/US

Etymology

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

  1. borrowed from ego
  2. compounded as superego — “super + ego”

Definitions

  1. The part of the mind that acts as a self-critical conscience, reflecting social standards…

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

    • Anthropic has positioned itself as the AI industry’s superego: the firm that speaks with the most authority about the big questions surrounding the technology, while rival companies develop advertisements and affiliate shopping links […].

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for superego. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA