egocide

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English

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Etymology

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From ego +‎ -cide.

Noun

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egocide (countable and uncountable, plural egocides)

  1. destruction of the ego
    • 2000, Alan Kazdin, Encyclopedia of psychology[1], American Psychiatric Association, page 72:
      Fortunately, he did not commit suicide, but rather a type of "egocide" in which the false self-dies and the true self is born
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