reality principle

Noun
  1. (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 (synset 105880720)
    referred to in: analysis, depth psychology, psychoanalysis - a set of techniques for exploring underlying motives and a method of treating various mental disorders; based on the theories of Sigmund Freud
    is a type of: principle - a basic truth or law or assumption

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