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The [[specular image]] ([[Fr]]. ''[[image spèculaire]]'') refers to the reflection of one's own [[body]] in the [[mirror]], the [[image]] of oneself which is simultaneously oneself and [[other]] (the '[[little other]]').
It is by [[identifying]] with the [[specular image]] that the [[infant]] first begins to construct its [[ego]] in the [[mirror stage]].
This is the basic reason for the power of the [[imaginary]] in the [[subject]].
-- There are certain things which have no [[specular image]], which are not '"specularisable'."
These are the [[phallus]], the [[erogenous zones]], and ''[[objet petit a]]''.
==See Also==
* [[Ego]]
* [[Imaginary]]
* [[Mirror stage]]
* [[egoOther]]* [[other]]* [[imaginary]]
== References ==
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[[Category:Dictionary]]
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