alter ego
Noun
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Noun
alter ego (plural alter egos)
- Somebody's alternate personality or persona; another self.
- A very close and intimate friend.
- (law) 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.
- alter idem
- French: alter ego, un autre moi-même
- German: Alter Ego, anderes Ich
- Portuguese: alter ego, outro eu
- Russian: а́льтер э́го
- Spanish: alter ego, otro yo
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