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PRONUNCIATION OF REALITY PRINCIPLE

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF REALITY PRINCIPLE

noun
adjective
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pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Reality principle is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES REALITY PRINCIPLE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Reality principle

In Freudian psychology and psychoanalysis, the reality principle is the ability of the mind to assess the reality of the external world, and to act upon it accordingly, as opposed to acting on the pleasure principle. Allowing the individual to defer instant gratification, the reality principle is the governing principle of the actions taken by the ego, after its slow development from a "pleasure-ego" into a "reality-ego": it may be compared to the triumph of reason over passion, head over heart, rational over emotional mind.

Definition of reality principle in the English dictionary

The definition of reality principle in the dictionary is control of behaviour by the ego to meet the conditions imposed by the external world.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE REALITY PRINCIPLE

realisably
realisation
realise
realiser
realism
realist
realistic
realistically
realities
reality
reality check
reality fiction
reality show
reality TV
realizability
realizable
realizably
realization
realize
realizer

WORDS THAT END LIKE REALITY PRINCIPLE

anthropic principle
Archimedes´ principle
condisciple
disciple
exclusion principle
first principle
four eyes principle
Heisenberg uncertainty principle
in principle
multiple
on principle
participle
past participle
Pauli exclusion principle
Peter Principle
pleasure principle
precautionary principle
present participle
principle
the Peter Principle
uncertainty principle

Synonyms and antonyms of reality principle in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «reality principle» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF REALITY PRINCIPLE

Find out the translation of reality principle to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of reality principle from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «reality principle» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

现实原则
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

principio de realidad
570 millions of speakers

English

reality principle
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

वास्तविकता सिद्धांत
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مبدأ الواقع
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

принцип реальности
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

princípio da realidade
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বাস্তবতা নীতি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

principe de réalité
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Prinsip realiti
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Realitätsprinzip
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

現実原則
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

현실 원리
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Prinsip kasunyatan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nguyên tắc thực tế
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

உண்மையில் கொள்கை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

वास्तव तत्त्व
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Gerçeklik ilkesi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

principio di realtà
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

zasada rzeczywistość
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

принцип реальності
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

principiu realitate
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αρχή της πραγματικότητας
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

werklikheid beginsel
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

principen verklighet
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

virkeligheten prinsippet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of reality principle

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «REALITY PRINCIPLE»

The term «reality principle» is normally little used and occupies the 134.554 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «REALITY PRINCIPLE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about reality principle

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «REALITY PRINCIPLE»

Discover the use of reality principle in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to reality principle and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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American Sign Language: A Student Text
THAT-ONE INDEX-r/ THAT-ONE-r/ THAT-ONE*-rt As discussed in Unit 3, Signers often use a kind of "reality principle" when assigning locations to people or things — the locations will reflect the actual (present or past) arrangement of the ...
Charlotte Baker-Shenk, 1991
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The Fantasy Principle: Psychoanalysis of the Imagination
I have advocated the concept as an alternative to the "pleasure principle" and the "reality principle." For some time, I have told myself that I should elaborate on what I mean by the fantasy principle, and I now propose to do just that. For many  ...
Michael Vannoy Adams, 2004
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Beyond the Pleasure Principle
This short work by world-renowned psychologist Sigmund Freud marks a major turning point in the author's theoretical approach.
Sigmund Freud, 2010
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Freud's Paranoid Quest: Psychoanalysis and Modern Suspicion
The pleasure principle must sacrifice mightily in order that the reality principle can come into force. But the pleasure principle is not destroyed in the process. It maintains its strongholds in the domain of fantasy and also that of sexuality, ...
John C. Farrell, 1998
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Freud
This setting-up of the reality principle proved to be a momentous step." On this account, the reality principle has the same basic aim as the pleasure principle - the reduction of tension - but it takes a detour through reality in order to provide ...
Jonathan Lear, 2005
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Semiological Reductionism: A Critique of the ...
If death is generated from within desire, if (as in the case of pleasure principle and reality principle) "it is the same difference in difference with itself," why is an absolute otherness produced in the one case, while "there is no longer any ...
Martin C. Dillon, 1995
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Perversion and Utopia: A Study in Psychoanalysis and ...
Marcuse's strategy is to histor- icize Freud's notion of the reality principle, to show that the reality principle, at least today, is mostly a matter of convention. Against Freud, who maintains that the (repressive) reality principle is by phy- sis, that is, ...
Joel Whitebook, 1996
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Freud on Instinct and Morality
An important corollary of the pleasure principle is the reality principle. Experiencing how things work in the real world teaches a person that is not always advisable to reduce inner tension immediately: to do so may bring greater unpleasure in ...
Donald C. Abel, 1989
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Examined Life: Philosophical Meditations
Philosophical Meditations Robert Nozick. would be disconnected from important features of his world, not giving them emotional attention commensurate with the evil they inflict. However, the second reality principle would not exclude this kind  ...
Robert Nozick, 1990
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Mimesis as Make-believe: On the Foundations of the ...
Moreover, the Reality Principle remains in the picture even in cross-cultural contexts when the Mutual Belief Principle guides our extrapolations. Our stated purpose in appealing to MBP is likely to be to recapture a way of understanding the ...
Kendall L. Walton, 1990

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «REALITY PRINCIPLE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term reality principle is used in the context of the following news items.
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The GOP vs. the Reality Principle
Not that it's unreasonable for them to be disappointed that the court didn't once again make up legal principles out of whole cloth in order to serve right-wing ... «The Reality-Based Community, Jun 15»
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Screen/Print #31: Dialectic III, "Dream of Building or the Reality of …
By reinstating what Freud would diagnose as the “reality principle,” in the training of the architect DesignBuildBLUFF has brought into question the social ... «Archinect, May 15»
3
The Actual Root Causes of Islamic Terrorism
And indeed they make the usual inflated dreams of global power even more radical, because not disciplined by the reality principle. Cumulative economic effort ... «National Review Online, Feb 15»
4
The Death of Adulthood & Rise of "Kidults"
While Scott feels “nobody knows how to be grown-up,” in reality adulthood's trappings become ... Freud called this the “reality principle” which should replace the ... «Big Think, Sep 14»
5
Mansplaining Cross-dressing
Trans people of all sorts, including my sort, resist Freud's reality principle, too: we want to be, or try to be, or feel that we already are what our birth families or ... «New Yorker, Jan 14»
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Margaret Thatcher's Unintended Legacies
Around the time she came to power, one of Margaret Thatcher's close aides described her to me as “the reality principle in skirts.” It is an image that evokes a ... «The New Republic, Aug 13»
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A Freudian analysis of sexting
One thing that remains consistent in Freud's speculations on fantasy is its link to the reality principle. The reality principle provides the psyche with what we might ... «Salon, Aug 13»
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Saturn direct in Scorpio: How will this planet of reality transform your …
The 'Reality Principle' that comes with Saturn operates through the transformational, truth-seeker and passionate Scorpio vibration in a way that it helps you face ... «New York Daily News, Jul 13»
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Election Year 2012: When The Reality Principle Trumps the …
Barack Obama addresses a primary night rally in the gymnasium at the Nashua South High School on January 8, 2008 in Nashua, New Hampshire. «TIME, Jun 12»
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Bin Laden, Dostoevsky and the reality principle: an interview with …
Europe is trapped by complacency and an all too human desire for oblivious contentment, says a leading French philosopher. This helps ensure the success of ... «Open Democracy, May 11»

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