"reality principle" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|?}} reality principle
  1. (psychology, psychoanalysis, Freudianism, often hyphenated when used attributively) The mental mechanism which guides a person, as he or she matures, in adapting to and coping with the real, external world, by suppressing or deferring the childish gratification-seeking desires of the id. Wikipedia link: reality principle Categories (topical): Psychoanalysis, Psychology Related terms: pleasure principle Translations (mechanism which guides a person in coping with the real world): 現實原則 (Chinese Mandarin), 现实原则 (xiànshí yuánzé) (Chinese Mandarin), todellisuusperiaate (Finnish), realiteettiperiaate (Finnish), principe de réalité (French), Realitätsprinzip (German), valóságelv (Hungarian), principio di realtà (Italian), 現実原則 (alt: げんじつ げんそく genjitsu gensoku) (Japanese), princípio de realidade (Portuguese), gerçeklik ilkesi (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-reality_principle-en-noun-xvutZURP Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: human-sciences, medicine, psychoanalysis, psychology, sciences

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