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Lacanian

/ləˈkeɪ.ni.ən/

Lacanian adjective: of, pertaining to, or resembling the psychoanalytical views of Jacques Lacan (1901–1981).

Adjective

Lacanian (comparative more Lacanian, superlative most Lacanian)

  1. Of, pertaining to, or resembling the psychoanalytical views of Jacques Lacan (1901–1981).
    • For him, then, the only truly liberating response is a Lacanian act, an attack on the fundamental fantasy of our current social configuration.2009, Wesley C. Swedlow, Against the Personification of Democracy: A Lacanian Critique of Political Subjectivity, Continuum International, page 11

Forms of Lacanian

comparativemore Lacanian
superlativemost Lacanian

Origin of Lacanian

From Lacan + -ian, after Jacques Lacan.

Words that rhyme with Lacanian

12 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about Lacanian

What does Lacanian mean?
Lacanian means of, pertaining to, or resembling the psychoanalytical views of Jacques Lacan (1901–1981).
What part of speech is Lacanian?
Lacanian is an adjective.
How do you pronounce Lacanian?
Lacanian is pronounced /ləˈkeɪ.ni.ən/.

Words near Lacanian in the dictionary

  1. Lacadena
  2. Lacaille
  3. Lacan
  4. Lacandon
  5. Lacandons
  6. Lacanian
  7. Lacanianism
  8. Lacanianist
  9. Lacanianists
  10. Lacap
  11. Lacaps

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