Ego or EGO may refer to:

Social sciences

Ego (Freudian) The id, ego, and super-ego are a set of three concepts in psychoanalytic theory describing distinct, interacting agents in the psychic apparatus (defined in Sigmund Freud's structural model of the Psyche (psychology), psyche). The three agents ...

, one of the three constructs in Sigmund Freud's structural model of the psyche *

Egoism Egoism is a philosophy concerned with the role of the self, or , as the motivation and goal of one's own action. Different theories of egoism encompass a range of disparate ideas and can generally be categorized into descriptive or normativ ...

, an ethical theory that treats self-interest as the foundation of morality *

Egotism Egotism is defined as the drive to maintain and enhance favorable views of oneself and generally features an inflated opinion of one's personal features and importance distinguished by a person's amplified vision of one's self and self-importanc ...

, the drive to maintain and enhance favorable views of oneself *

Egocentrism Egocentrism is the inability to differentiate between self and other. More specifically, it is the inability to accurately assume or understand any perspective other than one's own. Egocentrism is found across the life span: in infancy, early chi ...

, the inability to differentiate between self and other * Self-concept, a collection of beliefs about oneself that embodies the answer to "Who am I?"

Arts and media

Music

Egó Egó was a musical band founded in Reykjavík, Iceland), in the fall of 1981 by Bubbi Morthens with his younger brother and guitarist Bergþór Morthens and their friend, bassist Þorleifur Guðjónsson. Egó's first drummer was Jóhann Ridar (ak ...

, an Icelandic band * ''Ego'' (Oomph! album), 2001 * Ego (Tony Williams Lifetime album), 1971 * ''E.G.O.'' (album), a 2018 album by Lucie Silvas * "Ego" (Big Bang song), 2012 * "Ego" (Beyoncé song), 2009 * "Ego" (Ella Eyre song), 2017 * "Ego" (Elton John song), 1978 * "Ego" (Kim Wilde song), 1982 * "Ego" (Lali Espósito song), 2016 * "Ego" (The Saturdays song), 2010 * "Ego" (Spunge song), 2000 * "Ego" (Willy William song), 2015 * " Outro: Ego", a 2020 song by BTS * EGO, a record label founded by

Joe Haider Joe Haider (January 3, 1936 in Darmstadt) is a German pianist and jazz educator. Life and works Haider performed as an amateur musician in the region Stuttgart between 1954 and 1959 and studied at Richard Strauss Conservatory in Munich from 196 ...

Other uses in arts and media

* ''Ego'' (2013 film), an Indian (Tamil) film * ''Ego'' (2018 film), a Telugu language film * ''Ego'' (2021 film), a Spanish film * Ego (game engine), a video game engine developed by Codemasters * ''Ego'' (magazine), a defunct online magazine for Indian Americans *

Ego (TV channel) Ego Channel is an Israeli digital cable television channel that launched in 2002. Ego's programming is tailored to the "hot-blooded 18-45 male audience". Ego is owned by Ananey Communications, a subsidiary of ViacomCBS Networks EMEAA Paramoun ...

, an Israeli digital cable television channel *

Ego the Living Planet Ego the Living Planet is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character first appeared in ''Thor'' #132 (September 1966) and was created by writer Stan Lee and artist Jack Kirby. The character ha ...

, a character in the Marvel Comics universe *

European History Online European History Online (''Europäische Geschichte Online, EGO'') is an academic website that publishes articles on the history of Europe between the period of 1450 and 1950 according to the principle of open access. Organisation EGO is issued ...

, an academic website

People

Ego Lemos Ego Lemos is a permaculturist and singer-songwriter from East Timor who sings in his native tongue, Tetum. His song " Balibo" (featured in the 2009 film '' Balibo'') was awarded best original song composed for the screen at the 2009 Screen Music ...

(born 1972), East Timorese musician *

Ego Leonard Ego Leonard is a Dutch painter and sculptor, and possibly an anonymous guerrilla artist, whose works prominently feature outsized Lego figures. Sometimes the name also is applied to sculptures, apparently made by Leonard, which have been fo ...

, Dutch visual artist *

Ego Nwodim Egobunma Kelechi Nwodim (; born March 10, 1988) is a Nigerian-American actress and comedian. Nwodim has been a cast member on the NBC sketch comedy series ''Saturday Night Live'' since 2018, beginning with the show's 44th season. Life and career ...

(born 1988), American actress and comedian * Ego Plum (born 1975), American film composer *

Paul Ego Paul Ego (birth name Paul Jones) is a Billy T Award winning New Zealand comedian. He is best known both for his current role as leader of Team One on the New Zealand comedy current affairs panel show 7 Days, and as the voice artist of the Stickm ...

(born 1966), New Zealand comedian *

Prosper Ego Prosper Joannes Gerardus Antonius Ego (17 July 1927 – 23 January 2015) was the founder of the Oud-Strijders Legioen (“Former Warriors Legion”). Ego was born into a Catholic Church, Roman Catholic family at The Hague. At the age of 17, duri ...

(1927–2015), Dutch political activist *

Yuna Ego is a Japanese singer and actress. She is a member of the Japanese idol girl group SKE48. She is a member of SKE48's Team KII. Biography Miyamae passed SKE48 SKE48 (S.K.E. Forty-eight) is a Japanese idol group produced by Yasushi Akimo ...

(born 2000), Japanese idol and member of music group SKE48

Science and technology

* ''Ego'' (fish), a genus of gobiid fishes * Ego (game engine), a video game engine developed by Codemasters *

EGO sensor An oxygen sensor (or lambda sensor, where lambda refers to air–fuel ratio#Air–fuel equivalence ratio (λ), air–fuel equivalence ratio, usually denoted by λ) or probe or wikt:sond, sond, is an electronics, electronic device that measures th ...

, an oxygen sensor in gasoline engines *

EGOT (gene) EGOT, also known as Eosinophil Granule Ontogeny (EGO)† Transcript ( non-protein coding), is a human gene at 3p26.1 that produces a long noncoding RNA molecule. EGOT is nested within an intron of the inositol triphosphate receptor type 1 (ITP ...

, previously known as EGO *

European Gravitational Observatory The European Gravitational Observatory (EGO) is a consortium established to manage the Virgo interferometric antenna and its related infrastructure, as well as to promote cooperation in the field of gravitational wave research in Europe. It was ...

, or EGO

Other uses

Belgorod International Airport Belgorod International Airport (russian: Международный Аэропорт Белгород) is an airport in Russia located 4 km north of Belgorod. It services narrow-body airliners (such as the Tupolev Tu-154, Tupolev Tu-204, ...

, in Russia *

Energica Ego The Energica Ego is an electrically propelled sport road motorcycle designed and marketed by Energica Motor Company. It is claimed by Energica to be the world's first street-legal electric Italian sport motorcycle. The prototype was finished in ...

, a motorcycle *

Planet Eclipse Ego A planet is a large, rounded astronomical body that is neither a star nor its remnant. The best available theory of planet formation is the nebular hypothesis, which posits that an interstellar cloud collapses out of a nebula to create a yo ...

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