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Pleasure principle
/plˈɛʒər
prˈɪnsəpəl/
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Pleasure principle
noun
1.
(psychoanalysis) the governing principle of the id; the principle that an infant seeks gratification and fails to distinguish fantasy from reality.
Synonyms:
pleasure-pain principle
,
pleasure-unpleasure principle
.
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