Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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pleasure principle | Yes | No | No | No |
reality principle | Yes | No | No | No |
pleasure principle (noun) | reality principle (noun) |
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(psychoanalysis) the governing principle of the id; the principle that an infant seeks gratification and fails to distinguish fantasy from reality | (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 |