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
Broader: principle: a basic truth or law or assumption | Unrelated: isolation: (psychiatry) a defense mechanism in which memory of an unacceptable act or impulse is separated from the emotion originally associated with it
Broader: principle: a basic truth or law or assumption | Unrelated: time: an instance or single occasion for some event
Broader: principle: a basic truth or law or assumption | Unrelated: mucilage: a gelatinous substance secreted by plants
Broader: principle: a basic truth or law or assumption | Unrelated: greenery: green foliage
Broader: principle: a basic truth or law or assumption | Unrelated: 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
Broader: principle: a basic truth or law or assumption | Unrelated: oilpaper: paper that has been made translucent and waterproof by soaking in oil
Broader: principle: a basic truth or law or assumption | Unrelated: night: the time between sunset and midnight
Broader: principle: a basic truth or law or assumption | Unrelated: breakdown: a cessation of normal operation
Broader: principle: a basic truth or law or assumption | Unrelated: music of the spheres: an inaudible music that Pythagoras thought was produced by the celestial
Broader: principle: a basic truth or law or assumption | Unrelated: miter: the surface of a beveled end of a piece where a miter joint is made