Meaning Of The Word Ego ideal

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ego ideal in American English
the ego's conception of a better or more successful future self, based on identification with parents or parental substitutes
noun: a more or less conscious ideal of personal excellence derived from a composite image of the characteristics of persons, initially those of the parents, with whom the individual identifies

ego ideal in British English
noun: an internal ideal of personal perfection that represents what one wants to be rather than what one ought to be and is derived from one's early relationship with one's parents

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