Lacanian
English
Etymology
From Lacan + -ian, after Jacques Lacan.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ləˈkeɪ.ni.ən/
- Rhymes: -eɪniən
Adjective
Lacanian (comparative more Lacanian, superlative most Lacanian)
- (psychoanalysis) Of, pertaining to, or resembling the psychoanalytical views of Jacques Lacan (1901–1981).
- 2009, Wesley C. Swedlow, Against the Personification of Democracy: A Lacanian Critique of Political Subjectivity, Continuum International, page 11:
- For him, then, the only truly liberating response is a Lacanian act, an attack on the fundamental fantasy of our current social configuration.
Related terms
Translations
pertaining to the views of Lacan
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