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pleasure-unpleasure principle vs principle

principle vs pleasure-unpleasure principle

pleasure-unpleasure principle and principle both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
pleasure-unpleasure principle Yes No No No
principle Yes No No No
As nouns, principle is a hypernym of pleasure-unpleasure principle; that is, principle is a word with a broader meaning than pleasure-unpleasure principle:
  • pleasure-unpleasure principle: (psychoanalysis) the governing principle of the id; the principle that an infant seeks gratification and fails to distinguish fantasy from reality
  • principle: a basic truth or law or assumption
pleasure-unpleasure principle (noun) principle (noun)
(psychoanalysis) the governing principle of the id; the principle that an infant seeks gratification and fails to distinguish fantasy from reality a basic truth or law or assumption
a rule or standard especially of good behavior
(law) an explanation of the fundamental reasons (especially an explanation of the working of some device in terms of laws of nature)
a basic generalization that is accepted as true and that can be used as a basis for reasoning or conduct
a rule or law concerning a natural phenomenon or the function of a complex system
rule of personal conduct
Difference between pleasure-unpleasure principle and principle

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