pleasure principle (n)
pleasure-pain principle (n)
pleasure-unpleasure principle (n)

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type n
lex_filenum 09
def (psychoanalysis) the governing principle of the id
def the principle that an infant seeks gratification and fails to distinguish fantasy from reality
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Hypernym principle
Domain of synset - TOPIC psychoanalysis, analysis, depth psychology
Antonym pleasure principle → reality principle
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Member of this domain - TOPIC psychoanalysis, analysis, depth psychology
Antonym reality principle → pleasure principle
Hyponym principle

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