idem — meaning in English

English meaning

• ego noun A person's sense of their own importance and self-worth.
• same adj Identical; not different from another thing or from itself at an earlier point.
• self noun A person's own individual character, personality, or identity.
• too adv Also; in addition.

Senses

idem is used for these senses in English:

• ego The self, especially with a sense of self-importance.
• same Not different or other; not another or others; not different as regards self; selfsame; identical.
• same Something similar, something of the identical type.
• self An individual person as the object of the person's own reflective consciousness (plural selves).
• too (focus) Likewise.

ego — full definition

1. noun A person's sense of their own importance and self-worth.
2. noun (psychology) In Freudian theory, the part of the mind that deals rationally with reality, balancing instinct against conscience.

same — full definition

1. adj Identical; not different from another thing or from itself at an earlier point.
2. adj Alike in every important way, even if technically two separate things.
3. pron The identical thing already mentioned; used to avoid repeating a noun.
4. intj Used to agree with something someone just said.

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