Ego
Ego noun - A reasonable or justifiable sense of one's worth or importance.
Type
Type noun - A number of persons or things that are grouped together because they have something in common.
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
- If you see something similar to this trope in Real Life, it's probably Alter Ego Acting (type 1).
Source: Friend Of Masked Self - Through the extracts of the in-universe eponymous book, we gain insight into the type of character Harry is, a manipulative, cunning and brilliant man who is cold, yet still has an ego.
Source: Magnificent Bastard / Literature - In New Zealand in 1979, Arthur Baysting, as his comedy alter ego Neville Purvis, dropped the F-bomb during the end credits of his character's namesake show - the first incidence of its type on New Zealand TV.
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Type and Ego. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/ego/type
Ego & Type. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/ego/type>.
Type or Ego. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/ego/type.
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