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pleasure-unpleasure principle meaning and definition
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Definition of pleasure-unpleasure principle (noun)
- (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-pain principle
- antonym: reality principle
Source: Princeton University Wordnet