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: ↑pleasure principle)
• Topics: ↑psychoanalysis, ↑analysis, ↑depth psychology
• Hypernyms: ↑principle
Useful english dictionary. 2012.