alter ego
An individual's alternate personality or personaAn individual's alternate personality or persona; another self.
» A friend is an alter ego.
Meaning
3 sensesAn individual's alternate personality or persona; another self.
Clark Kent's coworkers finally discovered his alter ego, Superman.
Alter Ego, anderes Ich
а́льтер э́гоálʹtɛr égo, друго́е яdrugóje ja
A very close and intimate friend.
a very close and trusted friend who seems almost a part of yourself
A corporation used by a person to conduct personal business in an attempt to shield himself or herself from personal liability, and which a court may penetrate by "piercing the corporate veil" to impose liability on the person when they commit fraud or injustice.
Examples
6 sentencesA friend is an alter ego.
Tom is my alter ego.
deTom ist mein Alter Ego. — manese
I asked an escobar to go get me something; he brought me his alter ego.
Sami, a transsexual, created an alter ego he named Layla.
That's Tom's alter ego.
deDas ist das zweite Ich von Tom. — list
Translations
6 languagesBy meaning 1
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Origin
From Latin alter ego (literally “other me”).From Latin alter ego (literally “other me”).
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Forms
plural: alter egos| Singular | alter ego |
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