English noun: reality principle | |||
1. | reality principle (cognition) (psychoanalysis) the governing principle of the ego; the principle that as a child grows it becomes aware of the real environment and the need to accommodate to it | ||
Broader (hypernym) | principle | ||
Domain category | analysis, depth psychology, psychoanalysis | ||
Antonyms | pleasure principle, pleasure-pain principle, pleasure-unpleasure principle | ||