pleasure–unpleasure principle
Psychoanalysis
noun
Determination of behaviour by the seeking of pleasure and avoidance of unpleasurable tension.
Origin
1920s; earliest use found in Pedagogical Seminary. After German Lust-Unlust-Prinzip.
- quite a lot (or a bit)
- quite a —— (also often ironic quite the ——)
- quite (or really) something
- quiteron
- quite so
- quite some
- quite something
- quite the little ——
- Quiteño
- quit hold of
- Quito
- Quito orange
- quit rate
- quit-rent
- quits
- quittance
- quitter
- quitting time
- quiver
- quiveration
- quiverful
- quiver grass
- quiveringly
- quivertip
- quiver tree