alter ego

Definitions

A Latin phrase taken whole: alter ('other') + ego ('I') = 'the other I.' It names a second self — a hidden side of your personality, a persona (like a superhero's secret identity), or someone so close they are a second you.

Why It Means This

Note it stays a two-word Latin phrase ('alter ego'), not one word. In pop culture it usually means a contrasting persona — Bruce Wayne's alter ego is Batman. In older formal use it can mean a trusted deputy who can act in your place.

Common Collocations

• 1.reveal alter ego揭露另一个身份
• 2.secret alter ego秘密的另一个身份
• 3.his alter ego他的化身

Example Sentences

• 1.

  On stage she becomes Sasha, her flamboyant alter ego.

• 2.

  His online alter ego is far bolder than he is in person.