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The specific deity or religious persona one wishes to identify with for reasons of spiritual growth. So called, because an image of such is often displayed prominently upon one's own personal altar.
Being of a compassionate nature, the young woman felt a great affinity for White Tara and so displayed a beautiful image of her altar ego prominently in her shrine room.
altar ego by maximo hudson June 23, 2009
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The hypocritical show of goodness a scoundrel adopts when going to church.
Crooks always put on their altar ego for public consumption at Sunday services.
altar ego by backinbowl February 12, 2010

Alter ego 

- someone you wish to be or prefer being under a usually different name
- someone more confident, comfortable who you want to become

-someone created by your imagination and speaks for you
Slim shady is Eminem's alter ego
Alter ego by JNOPE March 17, 2016

Alter Ego 

1) the opposite of who you usually are and your presonality (e.g. a hippie's alter ego would be a fascist dictator)
2. the bad side of a person that may come to life at anytime, switching your personality (this is fantasy, though some people may believe they have an alter-ego in which they can't control).
3) A person who you aren't ut you act as sometimes as though you have transformed (e.g Eminem's alter ego is Slim Shady)
My real name is Tim James. My alter ego is Aaron Lewis.

alter ego 

Someone you're usually not.
My alter ego's name is "Hunky Dory", and he's a social kind of guy, meanwhile, I'm a shy person.
alter ego by SuperSonicX April 13, 2005

Online Alter Ego 

When you change a detail about you such as your gender, age or appearance or name and pretend to be a whole new person online for whatever reason, this is not trolling. Also referred to as OAE.
Guy- "So you lied, you're not 18?"
Girl- "That was my Online Alter Ego. (OAE)

Alter ego 

The 'ghost' that you meet when you go to school.A character that comes out of your imagination,and is a criminal to your parents,because he or she took the family money that you were making when developing your hobbies and interests.
School may be boring,but your alter ego still gets to have fun!
Alter ego by SomeoneNew June 16, 2011