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Definition of id noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

id

noun
 
/ɪd/
 
/ɪd/
(psychology)
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  1. the part of the unconscious mind where many of a person’s basic needs, feelings and desires are supposed to exist compare ego, superego
    Word Origin1920s: from Latin, literally ‘that’, translating German es. The term was first used in this sense by Freud, following use in a similar sense by his contemporary, Georg Groddeck.
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