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principle vs pleasure-pain principle

pleasure-pain principle vs principle

principle and pleasure-pain principle both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
principle Yes No No No
pleasure-pain principle Yes No No No
As nouns, pleasure-pain principle is a hyponym of principle; that is, pleasure-pain principle is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than principle:
  • principle: a basic truth or law or assumption
  • pleasure-pain principle: (psychoanalysis) the governing principle of the id; the principle that an infant seeks gratification and fails to distinguish fantasy from reality
principle (noun) pleasure-pain principle (noun)
a basic truth or law or assumption (psychoanalysis) the governing principle of the id; the principle that an infant seeks gratification and fails to distinguish fantasy from reality
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 principle and pleasure-pain principle

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