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pleasure-pain 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 unpleasure principle • Ant: ↑reality principle (for: ↑ … Useful english 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
depth psychology — noun 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 • Syn: ↑psychoanalysis, ↑analysis • Derivationally… … Useful english dictionary
Death drive — Part of a series of articles on Psychoanalysis … Wikipedia
Masochism — See also Sadism. In our own time, masochism has taken on three meanings: (1) the voluntary acceptance of suffering; (2) in psychoanalysis, an intrapsychic mechanism for dealing with anxiety; (3) a kind of sex play among consenting adults… … Historical dictionary of Psychiatry
