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ego ideal
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ideal /ide·al/ (i-de´il) a pattern or concept of perfection.
ego ideal  the component of the superego comprising the standard of perfection unconsciously created by a person for himself.
ego ideal
n.
In psychoanalytic theory, the part of one's ego that contains an idealized self based on those people, especially parents and peers, one admires and wishes to emulate.
ego ideal,
the image of the self to which a person aspires both consciously and unconsciously and against which he or she measures himself or herself and judges personal performance. It is usually based on a positive identification with the significant and influential figures of the early childhood years. See also identification.
ideal [i-de´al]
a pattern or concept of perfection.
ego ideal the component of the superego containing the internalized image of what one desires to become, which the ego strives to attain. It is formed through conscious or unconscious identification with a person who plays a significant role or has a place of esteem in the life of the developing child, or through emulation of such a person.
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No twin, no sister, no shadow of Sally Melhado's ideal ego.
Companion by White, Sarah / Harvard Review
The personality traits contributing to openness operate on the first level through the ego's navigation of (1) a realignment of the twin ideals of ego ideal (yearning for perfection) and ideal ego (inflated sense of self, and (2) successive deintegrations (Fordham) to accommodate newly consolidated growth.
Editor's note by Hartman, David / Journal of Heart Centered Therapies
The personality traits contributing to openness operate on the first level through the ego's navigation of (1) a realignment of the twin ideals of ego ideal (yearning for perfection) and ideal ego (inflated sense of self); and (2) successive deintegrations (Fordham) to accommodate newly consolidated growth.
Deintegrate, disintegrate, unintegrate: a Buddhist perspective in ... by Zimberoff, Diane / Journal of Heart Centered Therapies
 
 
 
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