Pleasure principle (psychology)
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This article is about the psychoanalytical term. For other uses, see Pleasure principle.
In Freudian psychoanalysis, the pleasure principle (German: Lustprinzip)[1] is the instinctive seeking of pleasure and avoiding of pain to satisfy biological and psychological needs.[2] Specifically, the pleasure principle is the animating force behind the id.[3]