Pleasure principle

noun

Word Frequency: 0.6

Definitions

1.noun(Freudianism, often hyphenated when used attributively) The principle that human decisions and behavior are strongly motivated by the instinctual desire of the id, arising in infancy, to experience pleasure and avoid pain.

Synonyms

pleasure-pain principle pleasure-unpleasure principle polymorphous perversity praxism paraphilia phallus prudification pornography psychalgia pop psych phronesis pronoia

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