Definition of pleasure principle Pleasure principle
pleas•ure prin•ci•ple
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| pleasure principle - (psychoanalysis) the governing principle of the id; the principle that an infant seeks gratification and fails to distinguish fantasy from reality | ||
| pleasure-pain principle, pleasure-unpleasure principle | ||
| principle a basic truth or law or assumption; "the principles of democracy" | ||
| depth psychology, psychoanalysis, analysis a set of techniques for exploring underlying motives and a method of treating various mental disorders; based on the theories of Sigmund Freud; "his physician recommended psychoanalysis" | ||
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