EGO

[noun] [C] [plural] egos [esp. disapproving] - your idea or opinion of yourself, or a great feeling of your own importance and abilityThat man has got such an enormous ego - I've never known anyone so full of themselves!I'm glad she got the job - she needed something to boost/bolster her ego. (= give her confidence)See also alter ego; superego.(specialized) In psychoanalysis, the ego is the part of a person's mind which tries to match the hidden desires of the id with the demands of reality.(disapproving) An ego trip is something that you do because it makes you feel important and also shows other people how important you are.He was on another one of his ego trips, directing and taking the main part in a film.