涅槃原則ねはんげんそく

noun

Nirvana principle

A psychoanalytic term from Freudian theory referring to the drive toward the cessation of tension, often equated with the death drive. Used in academic or clinical contexts.

• フロイトの理り論ろんでは、涅ね槃はん原げん則そくは快かい感かん原げん則そくを超こえた無む機き的てき状じょう態たいへの回かい帰きを指さす。

  In Freudian theory, the Nirvana principle refers to a return to an inorganic state beyond the pleasure principle.