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fascinance

/ˈfæsɪnəns/

fascinance noun: a transformational and creative gaze, contrasted with the Lacanian "fascinum".

Noun

fascinance (uncountable)

  1. (matrixial theory) A transformational and creative gaze, contrasted with the Lacanian "fascinum".
    • In this spiral movement, the psyche-spirit of the painter, in itself already an expression of trans-subjective psychic involvment^([sic]), is embroidered by a passionate actively-passive fascinance.2009, Bracha Ettinger, Fragilization and Resistance
    • […]Ettinger's fascinance is a moment that has transformational properties, allowing a working-through of mother–daughter relations[…]2011, Halina Brunning, Psychoanalytic Reflections on a Changing World

Origin of fascinance

See fascinate. Coined by Bracha L. Ettinger.

Questions about fascinance

What does fascinance mean?
Fascinance means a transformational and creative gaze, contrasted with the Lacanian "fascinum".
What part of speech is fascinance?
Fascinance is a noun.
How do you pronounce fascinance?
Fascinance is pronounced /ˈfæsɪnəns/.

Words near fascinance in the dictionary

  1. fasciitis
  2. fasciliated
  3. fascilitate
  4. fascin
  5. fascina
  6. fascinance
  7. fascinate
  8. fascinated
  9. fascinatedly
  10. fascinates
  11. fascinating

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