pleasure principle

Noun

pleasure principle - (psychoanalysis) the governing principle of the id; the principle that an infant seeks gratification and fails to distinguish fantasy from reality

Synonyms: pleasure-pain principle, pleasure-unpleasure principle

Antonyms:

reality principle - (psychoanalysis) the governing principle of the ego; the principle that as a child grows it becomes aware of the real environment and the need to accommodate to it

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