reality principle

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   (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

   Antonymspleasure principle

   Broaderprinciple

   psychoanalysis

Questions about reality principle

What does reality principle mean?

reality principle means "(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".

What is the opposite of reality principle?

The recorded antonyms are pleasure principle.

Is reality principle a common word?

reality principle is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.