# reality principle

> in Freudian psychoanalysis, the ability of the mind to assess the reality of the external world, and to act upon it accordingly, as opposed to acting on the pleasure principle

**Wikidata**: [Q2002558](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2002558)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reality_principle)  
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