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reality principle

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reality principle
n.
In psychoanalysis, the satisfaction of instinctual needs through awareness of and adjustment to environmental demands.
reality principle
n
(Psychoanalysis) Psychoanal control of behaviour by the ego to meet the conditions imposed by the external world
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Noun1.reality 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
depth psychology, psychoanalysis, analysis - 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"
principle - a basic truth or law or assumption; "the principles of democracy"
pleasure principle, pleasure-pain principle, pleasure-unpleasure principle - (psychoanalysis) the governing principle of the id; the principle that an infant seeks gratification and fails to distinguish fantasy from reality
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