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reality principle

In psychoanalysis, the satisfaction of instinctual needs through awareness of and adjustment to environmental demands.

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reality principle

(Psychoanalysis) psychoanal control of behaviour by the ego to meet the conditions imposed by the external world

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real′ity prin`ciple

Psychoanal. the realization that gratification must sometimes be deferred or forgone.

[1920–25]

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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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re·al·i·ty prin·ci·ple

n. principio de realidad, método de orientación del paciente hacia el mundo externo para provocar el reconocimiento de objetos y actividades olvidadas, esp. dirigido a personas severamente desorientadas.

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