Definition of Pleasure-unpleasure principle

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

Exact synonyms: Pleasure Principle, Pleasure-pain Principle
Category relationships: Analysis, Depth Psychology, Psychoanalysis
Generic synonyms: Principle
Antonyms: Reality Principle

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pleasure-unpleasure Principle

pleases
pleasest
pleaseth
pleasing
pleasingly
pleasingness
pleasingnesses
pleasings
pleasurability
pleasurable
pleasurableness
pleasurably
pleasure-boat
pleasure-pain principle
pleasure-unpleasure principle (current term)
pleasure boat
pleasure craft
pleasure dome
pleasure domes
pleasure ground
pleasure principle
pleasure seeker
pleasure trip
pleasurecraft
pleasured
pleasuredome
pleasuredomes
pleasureful
pleasurefully

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