reality principle

Noun

 * 1)  The mental mechanism which guides a person, as he or she matures, in adapting to and coping with the real, external world, by suppressing or deferring the childish gratification-seeking desires of the id.
 * 2) * 2011 Jan. 16, Jonathan Romney, "Blue Valentine" (film review), Independent (UK) (retrieved 22 July 2015) :
 * At first, we're likely to warm to Dean's exuberance and take against the apparently entrenched sourness of Cindy, who seems a slave to the reality principle; yet she is the only one of the pair who's remotely facing up to life's routine demands.
 * 1) * 2011 Jan. 16, Jonathan Romney, "Blue Valentine" (film review), Independent (UK) (retrieved 22 July 2015) :
 * At first, we're likely to warm to Dean's exuberance and take against the apparently entrenched sourness of Cindy, who seems a slave to the reality principle; yet she is the only one of the pair who's remotely facing up to life's routine demands.

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 現實原則
 * Danish:
 * Finnish: todellisuusperiaate, realiteettiperiaate
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hungarian: valóságelv
 * Italian: principio di realtà
 * Japanese: 現実原則
 * Portuguese: princípio de realidade
 * Spanish:
 * Turkish: gerçeklik ilkesi