| Definition of 'pleasure-pain principle' |
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1. (noun) 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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| Definition of 'pleasure-pain principle' |
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1. pleasure-pain principle
The psychoanalytic concept that man instinctively seeks to avoid pain and discomfort and strives for gratification and pleasure.
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