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Meaning of word pleasure-pain principle from English dictionary with examples, synonyms and antonyms.
Meaning : (psychoanalysis) the governing principle of the id. The principle that an infant seeks gratification and fails to distinguish fantasy from reality.
Synonyms : pleasure principle, pleasure-unpleasure 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.
reality principle