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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
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What does the literary term EGO mean?

What does the literary term PUGN mean?
  

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Ego is a term used in psychology. It means the "conscious mind," or the "inner self" that you are aware of. Someone who is an egotist is one who thinks he is superior to everyone else.

  • Ego is a term used in psychology.
  • It means the "conscious mind," or the "inner self" that you are aware of.
  • Someone who is an egotist is one who thinks he is superior to everyone else.
  • I've never heard the term PUGN.
  • It sounds like an acronym.
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Ego is a term used in psychology. It means the "conscious mind," or the "inner self" that you are aware of.
Someone who is an egotist is one who thinks he is superior to everyone else.

I've never heard the term PUGN. It sounds like an acronym.
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The PUGN stem is Latin (fight/fist), but in English, we drop the "n" in going from the adjective (pugnacious) to the noun (pugilist).
There don't seem to be other words based on this stem.

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