id n. Quick reference
A Dictionary of Psychology (4 ed.)
...chose the word id , imbuing it with an aura of obscurity and technicality that the original German word lacks. The id is insulated from the preconscious and consciousness by censorship , but it is not synonymous with the unconscious, as stated in many elementary expositions of Freud's theory, because the repressive functions of the ego and many of the functions of the superego are also unconscious. The functions of the id are governed by the primary process . [From Latin id ...
