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reality principle — n. Psychoanalysis the adjustment of the mental activity of a mature individual to meet the unavoidable demands of one s environment, as by postponing immediate pleasure … English World dictionary
Reality principle — The reality principle is a psychoanalytic concept originated by Sigmund Freud that compels one to defer instant gratification when necessary because of the obstacles of reality. It is the governing principle of the ego and stands in opposition to … Wikipedia
reality principle — noun (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 • Ant: ↑pleasure principle • Topics: ↑psychoanalysis, ↑analysis, ↑depth… … Useful english dictionary
reality principle — re·al·i·ty principle rē al ət ē n the tendency to defer immediate instinctual gratification so as to achieve longer range goals or so as to meet external demands (as from the physical environment or from a group of psychologically significant… … Medical dictionary
reality principle — noun Psychoanalysis (in Freudian theory) the control by the ego of the pleasure seeking activity of the id in order to meet the demands of the external world … English new terms dictionary
reality principle — real′ity prin ciple n. psl prs Psychoanal. the realization that gratification must sometimes be deferred or forgone • Etymology: 1920–25 … From formal English to slang
Reality — Reality, in everyday usage, means the state of things as they actually exist . [Compact Oxford English Dictionary of Current English, Oxford University Press, 2005 (Full entry for reality : reality • noun (pl. realities) 1 the state of things as… … Wikipedia
Reality hacking — is an artistic practice which emerges from the intersection of hacking and hacker culture, contemporary art, activism, and net culture. Reality hacking takes as its basis a broad, phenomenological point of view of the world, and considers (often… … Wikipedia
Principle of locality — In physics, the principle of locality is that distant objects cannot have direct influence on one another: an object is influenced directly only by its immediate surroundings. This was stated as follows by Albert Einstein in his article Quantum… … Wikipedia
Principle of individuation — The Principle of Individuation is a criterion which supposedly individuates or numerically distinguishes the members of the kind for which it is given, i.e. by which we can supposedly determine, regarding any kind of thing, when we have more than … Wikipedia
