id

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[ɪd], (Noun)

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- the part of the mind in which innate instinctive impulses and primary processes are manifest
(e.g: the conflict between the drives of the id and the demands of the cultural superego)


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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


[], (Noun)

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- identification; identity
(e.g: they weren't carrying any ID)


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[], (Verb)

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- establish the identity of
(e.g: the Finnish authorities were able to ID him)


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[], (Abbreviation)

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- Idaho (in official postal use)


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