egocide

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noun

destruction of the ego

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Meanings

nounegocide (countable and uncountable, plural egocides)

plural egocides

  1. countableuncountabledestruction of the ego

    Fortunately, he did not commit suicide, but rather a type of "egocide" in which the false self-dies and the true self is born

    2000, Alan Kazdin, Encyclopedia of psychology, American Psychiatric Association, page 72

Origin

From ego + -cide.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

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MLA

“egocide.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/egocide. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “egocide,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/egocide.

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