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  • noun Plural form of super-ego.

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Examples

  • Rather, what so often dooms the sanctimonious prigs of the Republican Party is their inability to face their own complexity - the conflicting impulses and longings that are so painfully at odds with the dictates of their fundamentalist super-egos.

    Stephen Ducat: Hypocrisy in Red and Blue: How Republicans and Democrats Betray Their Principles Differently 2009

  • I rage – oh yes I rage, so please do be assured of that; these days I stay off centre stage, too blasé with base intrigue, menacing for all but weak effete – venting super-egos in despair, their footprint leaves no room for me.

    Archive 2008-04-01 Ivan Donn Carswell 2008

  • Apparently the fans out in California still don't know anything, which explains why Giambi deserted the A's for a team of super-egos owned by the person with the biggest ego in the world.

    USATODAY.com - Take a Swing 2002

  • Even super-egos like Jagger, Lennon, et al had yet to treat their live audiences with the sort of contempt that Dylan seemed to show that night.

    Expecting Rain The Beat Patrol 2010

  • The key to the success of this endeavor was that there were no super-egos that had to be fed.

    Payson Roundup stories 2009

  • The key to the success of this endeavor was that there were no super-egos that had to be fed.

    Payson Roundup stories 2009

  • He is approaching 70, has won everything there is to win (of real importance) at least twice, is a Manchester United legend, and has so far outlasted all of his rivals, superstars with super-egos, etc.

    EPL Talk 2009

  • Clearly, it symbolizes the subconscious obsession of the human race with subjugating nature to create a schism between mind and body that satisfies our materialist and consumerist super-egos while illustrating the conflict between self and other in the context of subliminal racial pressures via a visual exposition of our primal instincts through

    OhGizmo! 2009

  • With all those speechifying super-egos, the vigil hadn’t ended until after 2 A.M. Then he had headed to a hotel in San Pedro to catch a few hours of sleep before his early morning breakfast meeting.

    Sugar Skull Denise Hamilton 2003

  • With all those speechifying super-egos, the vigil hadn’t ended until after 2 A.M. Then he had headed to a hotel in San Pedro to catch a few hours of sleep before his early morning breakfast meeting.

    Sugar Skull Denise Hamilton 2003

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