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id [id ids] BrE [ɪd] NAmE [ɪd] noun (psychology) 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 Origin: 1920s: 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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