ego
Example Sentences
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“Sankofa tells us that we as a people can rise above conflicts of ego and treat all beings we meet as brothers and sisters,” it states.
From Los Angeles Times
As societies emerged, we began to develop egos, those brittle parts of our selves taxed with negotiating between our primal urges and the constraints of a civilized order.
It could inflate the ego, create a false understanding of reality and, in some bizarre instances, make him believe he is omnipotent.
"On a purely ego basis, it means the world to have a studio named after me. It's a great feeling. I wish we'd had something like this at my school," Hawkins said.
From BBC
But despite the bruising of her sizable ego, there are still deals to be made, so she keeps Matt close, dispensing all sorts of questionable advice from her billion-dollar hilltop home.
From Los Angeles Times
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