Term: reality principle: (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
Candidate hypernym: principle: a basic truth or law or assumption → 1
Candidate hypernym: isolation: (psychiatry) a defense mechanism in which memory of an unacceptable act or impulse is separated from the emotion originally associated with it → 0
Candidate hypernym: time: an instance or single occasion for some event → 0
Candidate hypernym: mucilage: a gelatinous substance secreted by plants → 0
Candidate hypernym: greenery: green foliage → 0
Candidate hypernym: true laurel: small Mediterranean evergreen tree with small blackish berries and glossy aromatic leaves used for flavoring in cooking; also used by ancient Greeks to crown victors → 0
Candidate hypernym: oilpaper: paper that has been made translucent and waterproof by soaking in oil → 0
Candidate hypernym: night: the time between sunset and midnight → 0
Candidate hypernym: breakdown: a cessation of normal operation → 0
Candidate hypernym: music of the spheres: an inaudible music that Pythagoras thought was produced by the celestial → 0
Candidate hypernym: miter: the surface of a beveled end of a piece where a miter joint is made → 0