Dictionary Home »
Webster's New World College Dictionary » reality principle
reality principle
reality principle definition
reality principle
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
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Comments
Improve this definition.
Browse dictionary definitions near reality principle
Share on Facebook