egos

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egos - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  ego \e"go\, n.; pl. egos. [L., I.]
     The conscious and permanent subject of all psychical
     experiences, whether held to be directly known or the product
     of reflective thought; the subject consciously considered as
     "I" by a person; -- opposed to non-ego.
     [1913 Webster +PJC]
  
     2. (Psychoanalysis) that one of the three parts of a person's
        psychic apparatus that mediates consciously between the
        drives of the id and the realities of the external
        physical and social environment, by integrating
        perceptions of the external world and organizing the
        reactions to it. Contrasted with the id and superego.
        [PJC]
  
     3. egotism; as, a job requiring a diplomat without too much
        ego.
        [PJC]
  
     4. self-esteem; as, he has an overinflated ego.
        [PJC]