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matheme

matheme noun: a quasi-scientific symbolic formula serving to represent an idea, used in the works of French psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan.

Noun

matheme (plural mathemes)

  1. A quasi-scientific symbolic formula serving to represent an idea, used in the works of French psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan.

Forms of matheme

pluralmathemes

Origin of matheme

From Ancient Greek μάθημα (máthēma, “lesson”).

Words formed from matheme

Questions about matheme

What does matheme mean?
Matheme means a quasi-scientific symbolic formula serving to represent an idea, used in the works of French psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan.
What part of speech is matheme?
Matheme is a noun.
What is the plural of matheme?
The plural of matheme is mathemes.

Words near matheme in the dictionary

  1. mathematizations
  2. mathematize
  3. mathematized
  4. mathematizes
  5. mathematizing
  6. matheme
  7. mathemeg
  8. mathemes
  9. mathemic
  10. Mathena
  11. Mathenas

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