SUPEREGO

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does superego mean? 

• SUPEREGO (noun)
  The noun SUPEREGO has 1 sense:

1. (psychoanalysis) that part of the unconscious mind that acts as a conscience

  Familiarity information: SUPEREGO used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SUPEREGO (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(psychoanalysis) that part of the unconscious mind that acts as a conscience

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("superego" is a kind of...):

conscience; moral sense; scruples; sense of right and wrong (motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles that govern a person's thoughts and actions)

Domain category:

analysis; depth psychology; psychoanalysis (a set of techniques for exploring underlying motives and a method of treating various mental disorders; based on the theories of Sigmund Freud)

Holonyms ("superego" is a part of...):

unconscious; unconscious mind (that part of the mind wherein psychic activity takes place of which the person is unaware)