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快楽原則 (kairakugensoku) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

快かい楽らく原げん則そく

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Meanings

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pleasure principle

In Freudian psychoanalysis, the instinctive drive to seek pleasure and avoid pain, governing the id.

フロイトによれば、快かい楽らく原げん則そくはイドの基き

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According to Freud, the pleasure principle is the basic function of the id.

Kanji

快cheerful, pleasant, agreeable
楽music, comfort, ease
原meadow, original, primitive
則rule, law, follow

Related words

現げん実じつ原げん則そく
The reality principle, which modifies the pleasure principle by taking external reality into account.

Built from

快かい楽らく+原げん則そく

Etymology

Compound of 快楽 (pleasure) and 原則 (principle), likely a translation of the German 'Lustprinzip' or English 'pleasure principle' used in Freudian psychology.