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su•per•e•go
Pronunciation: (sOO"pur-ē'gō, -eg'ō), [key]—
n.,
—pl. -gos.
Psychoanal.
the part of the personality representing the conscience, formed in early life by internalization of the standards of parents and other models of behavior.
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