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1The ego ideal, in contrast to the superego, is based upon a narcissistic identification with the parent, who is seen in an infantile, glorified way. Persistence of particular, grandiose ego ideals has to do with disturbances of object relationship and ego development.
2Unsublimated sexual features of the ideal, expressed in the fantasy of becoming the paternal (or, sometimes, materal) phallus, represent a special, regressive trait.