Id

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɪd/
• Rhymes: -ɪd
• Homophones: it'd

From New Latin id ("it"), chosen by Freud’s translator as a translation of his use of German Es as a noun for this concept from the pronoun es ("it").

Full definition of id

Noun

1. The unconscious impulsive component of the in the Freudian psychoanalytic model.
• 2012, June 3, Nathan Rabin, TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Mr. Plow” (season 4, episode 9; originally aired 11/19/1992), Almost as an afterthought, we’re given an origin story for Barney’s alcoholism: he was once a sober, studious, Ivy League-bound high school scholar before Homer forced a beer on him that transformed him into a drooling, slurring, out of control rampaging id.

Coordinate terms

• ego
• superego

From Swedish id

Noun

1. Alternative spelling of ide

Abbreviation of identifier

Noun

1. (computing) identifier

Abbreviation of idem, from Latin idem ("same")

Noun

noun

1. Used in citations to state that the citation is to the work immediately previously cited.

Anagrams

• di , Di, dI, DI