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PLEASURE-PAIN PRINCIPLE

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 I. (noun) 

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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 realityplay

Synonyms:

pleasure-pain principle; pleasure-unpleasure principle; pleasure principle

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("pleasure-pain principle" is a kind of...):

principle (a basic truth or law or assumption)

Domain category:

analysis; depth psychology; psychoanalysis (a set of techniques for exploring underlying motives and a method of treating various mental disorders; based on the theories of Sigmund Freud)

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