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id.

The unconscious impulsive component of the personality in the Freudian psychoanalytic model.

2 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ɪd/
  1. The unconscious impulsive component of the personality in the Freudian psychoanalytic model.

Where this word comes from

From New Latin id (“it”), chosen by Freud’s translator as a translation of his use of German Es (“it”) as a noun for this concept from the pronoun es (“it”).

noun
  1. Identifier.

Where this word comes from

Abbreviation of identifier.

noun
  1. Alternative spelling of ide (the fish)

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Where this word comes from

From Swedish id.

pron
  1. Alternative form of id..

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Where this word comes from

Abbreviation of idem, from Latin idem (“same”).

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