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egocide

egocide noun: destruction of the ego.

Noun

egocide (countable and uncountable, plural egocides)

  1. destruction of the ego
    • Fortunately, he did not commit suicide, but rather a type of "egocide" in which the false self-dies and the true self is born2000, Alan Kazdin, Encyclopedia of psychology, American Psychiatric Association, page 72

Forms of egocide

pluralegocides

Origin of egocide

From ego + -cide.

Questions about egocide

What does egocide mean?
Egocide means destruction of the ego.
What part of speech is egocide?
Egocide is a noun.
What is the plural of egocide?
The plural of egocide is egocides.

Words near egocide in the dictionary

  1. egocentrism
  2. egocentrisms
  3. egocentrist
  4. egocentrists
  5. egocidal
  6. egocide
  7. egocides
  8. egodic
  9. egodystonia
  10. egodystonias
  11. egodystonic

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