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Ego vs Conceited - What's the difference?

ego | conceited |

As a noun ego

is (the self)the self, especially with a sense of self-importance.

As an adjective conceited is

having an excessively favorable opinion of one's abilities, appearance, etc.; vain and egotistical.

As a verb conceited is

past tense of conceit.

ego

English

Noun

(en noun) (wikipedia ego)
  • (senseid)the self, especially with a sense of self-importance
  • * 1998 ,
    • When every thought absorbs your attention completely, when you are so identified with the voice in your head and the emotions that accompany it that you lose yourself in every thought and every emotion, then you are totally identified with form and therefore in the grip of ego'. ' Ego is a conglomeration of recurring thought forms and conditioned mental-emotional patterns that are invested with a sense of I, a sense of self.
  • (psychology, Freudian) the most central part of the mind, which mediates with one's surroundings
  • * 1954 , Calvin S. Hall, “A Primer of Freudian Psychology”
    • In the well adjusted person the ego is the executive of the personality and is governed by the reality principle.

    Derived terms

    * alter ego * (l) * egoism * egoist * egoistic * egoistical * egoistically * (l) * egotism * egotist * egotistic * egotistical * egotistically * ego trip * empirical ego * pure ego * superego * transcendental ego

    See also

    * id * superego

    Anagrams

    * English three-letter words ----

    conceited

    English

    Etymology 1

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having an excessively favorable opinion of one's abilities, appearance, etc.; vain and egotistical.
  • * Jonathan Swift
    • If you think me too conceited / Or to passion quickly heated.
  • * Bentley
    • Conceited of their own wit, science, and politeness.
  • (rhetoric, literature) Having an ingenious expression or metaphorical idea, especially in extended form or used as a literary or rhetorical device.
  • *
  • (obsolete) Endowed with fancy or imagination.
  • * Knolles
    • He was pleasantly conceited , and sharp of wit.
  • (obsolete) Curiously contrived or designed; fanciful.
  • * Evelyn
    • A conceited chair to sleep in.
    Synonyms
    * See also
    Derived terms
    * conceitedly * conceitedness

    Etymology 2

    See (conceit) (verb)

    Verb

    (head)
  • (conceit)