Id
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ɪd/
- Rhymes: -ɪd
- Homophones: it'd
Origin 1
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
id
(plural ids)- 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.
Origin 2
From Swedish id
Origin 3
Abbreviation of identifier
Origin 4
Abbreviation of idem, from Latin idem ("same")
Noun
noun
- Used in citations to state that the citation is to the work immediately previously cited.