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pleasure-unpleasure principle — noun (psychoanalysis) the governing principle of the id; the principle that an infant seeks gratification and fails to distinguish fantasy from reality • Syn: ↑pleasure principle, ↑pleasure pain principle • Ant: ↑reality principle (for: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
pleasure principle — ple zhər . n a tendency for individual behavior to be directed toward immediate satisfaction of instinctual drives and immediate relief from pain or discomfort compare REALITY PRINCIPLE * * * pleasure pain principle in psychoanalytic theory, an… … Medical dictionary
pleasure principle — noun (psychoanalysis) the governing principle of the id; the principle that an infant seeks gratification and fails to distinguish fantasy from reality • Syn: ↑pleasure pain principle, ↑pleasure unpleasure principle • Ant: ↑reality principle •… … Useful english dictionary
pleasure principle — /ˈplɛʒə prɪnsəpəl/ (say plezhuh prinsuhpuhl) noun a theory that there exists an automatic mental drive or instinct seeking to avoid pain and to obtain pleasure. Also, pleasure pain principle …
pleasure principle — n. Psychoanalysis the automatic adjustment of the mental activity to secure pleasure, or gratification, and avoid pain, or unpleasantness … English World dictionary
Pain (philosophy) — Philosophy of pain may be about suffering in general or more specifically about physical pain. The experience of pain is, due to its seeming universality, a very good portal through which to view various aspects of human life. Discussions in… … Wikipedia
Pleasure principle (psychology) — The pleasure principle is a psychoanalytic concept originated by Sigmund Freud that continuously drives one to seek pleasure and to avoid pain. Its counterpart is the reality principle which defers that gratification when necessary. The id… … Wikipedia
principle — 1. A general or fundamental doctrine or tenet. SEE ALSO: law, rule, theorem. 2. The essential ingredient in a substance, especially one that gives it its distinctive quality or effect. [L. principium, a beginning, fr. princeps, chief] active p. a … Medical dictionary
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pleasure — A surprisingly complex concept, although central to any account of human and animal motivation. Perhaps the simplest theory of pleasure treats it as being on the same dimension as pain: a bodily sensation, but of a positive kind, where pain is of … Philosophy dictionary
