| NOUN | cognition | pleasure principle, pleasure-pain principle, pleasure-unpleasure principle | (psychoanalysis) the governing principle of the id |
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| Meaning | (psychoanalysis) the governing principle of the id; the principle that an infant seeks gratification and fails to distinguish fantasy from reality. | |
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| Synonyms | pleasure-pain principle, pleasure-unpleasure principle | |
| Category | psychoanalysis, analysis, depth psychology | A set of techniques for exploring underlying motives and a method of treating various mental disorders |
| Broader | principle | A basic truth or law or assumption / assumption |
| Opposite | reality principle | (psychoanalysis) the governing principle of the ego |
| Spanish | principio del placer | |
| Catalan | principi del plaer | |
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