alter ego (Latin for "a second self")

См. также в других словарях:

• Alter ego — For other uses, see Alter ego (disambiguation). Double life redirects here. For other uses of Double Life, see Double Life (disambiguation). Playing cards with one s alter ego An alter ego (Latin, the other I ) is a second self, which is believe… …   Wikipedia

• alter ego — al·ter ego / ȯl tər ē gō/ n [Latin, literally, second I]: second self; esp: a person or entity vicariously liable for another (as an agent) had the officer been the alter ego of the corporation J. J. White and R. S. Summers compare… …   Law dictionary

• alter ego — /æltər ˈigoʊ/ (say altuhr eegoh), /ɔl / (say awl ) noun 1. a second self. 2. an inseparable friend. 3. Also, alter. Psychiatry an alternative identity existing for a person who has dissociative identity disorder. {Latin: literally, another I} …  

• ego — [19] Ego is Latin for ‘I’ (and comes in fact from the same Indo European base as produced English I). English originally acquired it in the early 19th century as a philosophical term for the ‘conscious self’, and the more familiar modern uses –… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

• ego — [19] Ego is Latin for ‘I’ (and comes in fact from the same Indo European base as produced English I). English originally acquired it in the early 19th century as a philosophical term for the ‘conscious self’, and the more familiar modern uses –… …   Word origins

• ego — /ee goh, eg oh/, n., pl. egos. 1. the I or self of any person; a person as thinking, feeling, and willing, and distinguishing itself from the selves of others and from objects of its thought. 2. Psychoanal. the part of the psychic apparatus that… …   Universalium

• Right of self-defense — This article and defense of property deal with the legal concept of justified acts that might otherwise be illegal. For the general act of protecting one s person from attack, see Self defense. For the 1983 Canadian action thriller film, see Self …   Wikipedia

• Kingdom of Galicia — For the Kingdom of Galicia, now part of Poland and Ukraine, see Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria. Kingdom of Galicia pt (Galician) Galliciense Regnum (Latin) …   Wikipedia

• Max Steel — For the television show, see Max Steel (TV series). Max Steel Type Action Figures Company Mattel Country United States Availability 1999 – …   Wikipedia

• Seven deadly sins — For other uses, see Seven Deadly Sins (disambiguation). Hieronymus Bosch s The Seven Deadly Sins and the Four Last Things The 7 Deadly Sins, also known as the Capital Vices or Cardinal Sins, is a classification of objectionable vices that have… …   Wikipedia

• Bene Gesserit — For a comprehensive roster, see List of Dune Bene Gesserit. Reverend Mother Mohiam (Siân Phillips) and other Bene Gesserit, from David Lynch s Dune (1984) The Bene Gesserit ( …   Wikipedia