ಅರ್ಥ : (psychoanalysis) the governing principle of the id. The principle that an infant seeks gratification and fails to distinguish fantasy from reality.
ಸಮಾನಾರ್ಥಕ : pleasure principle, pleasure-pain principle
(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.
reality principle