ego

自尊心、エゴ

自分の価値や重要性に対する意識。特に、うぬぼれにつながるもの。

やさしい英語で： Your sense of your own value or importance, especially when it makes you seem too proud.

• He has a big ego.
• Losing the game hurt her ego.
• Try to keep your ego out of the discussion.

類義語： self-importance, pride

よく使う表現： big ego, hurt someone’s ego, boost someone’s ego

自我

一部の理論で、欲求を現実に可能なことや許されることと調整する心の部分。

やさしい英語で： In some theories, the part of your mind that balances your wishes with what is possible or acceptable.

• The ego deals with reality.
• Freud described tensions between the ego and the id.
• The therapist discussed how the ego manages conflicting wishes.

よく使う表現： ego development, ego and superego, role of ego

エゴ、基準人物

家系図で、親族関係を説明する際の基準となる人物。

やさしい英語で： The person whose position is used to describe relationships in a family tree.

• Ego is at the center of the chart.
• The diagram labels each relative according to their relationship to ego.
• Here, ego’s mother has two brothers.

類義語： reference person

よく使う表現： relatives of ego, ego’s father, ego’s family