| NOUN | cognition | reality principle | (psychoanalysis) the governing principle of the ego |
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| Meaning | (psychoanalysis) the governing principle of the ego; the principle that as a child grows it becomes aware / aware of the real environment and the need to accommodate to it. | |
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| 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 | pleasure principle, pleasure-pain principle, pleasure-unpleasure principle | (psychoanalysis) the governing principle of the id |
| Spanish | principio de realidad | |
| Catalan | principi de realitat | |
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