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单词 pleasure principle
释义

pleasure principle

noun

: a tendency for individual behavior to be directed toward immediate satisfaction of instinctual drives and immediate relief from pain or discomfort

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web The drivers—twinky teen-agers with thick accents and hard bodies—take us with them beyond the pleasure principle. The New Yorker, 22 Apr. 2020 At the other: Christopher Kane progressing his personal obsession with the pleasure principle of human sexuality, making clothes which haven’t been seen before. Sarah Mower, Vogue, 21 Feb. 2018

Word History

First Known Use

1856, in the meaning defined above

Medical Definition

pleasure principle

noun

ˈple-zhər-ˌ How to pronounce pleasure principle (audio)
: a tendency for individual behavior to be directed toward immediate satisfaction of instinctual drives and immediate relief from pain or discomfort compare reality principle
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