nonego

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Related to nonego: outlined, overhyped, scrutinised

non·e·go

(nŏn-ē′gō, -ĕg′ō)

All of the psyche that is not part of the ego or the conscious self.

[Translation of German Nichtich : nicht, not + Ich, I, ego.]

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nonego

(nɒnˈiːɡəʊ; -ˈɛɡəʊ)

(Philosophy) philosophy everything that is outside one's conscious self, such as one's environment

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I do not see this, however, as a "return to the infantile state of undifferentiation of the ego and nonego" (132), which is putting it too strongly, since it claims for the cinema the power to effect a return that is clearly impossible.