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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 categoryanalysis, depth psychology, psychoanalysis


Antonymspleasure principle, pleasure-pain principle, pleasure-unpleasure principle









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