| Symbol |
Translation
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| A |
the big Other
|
A |
the barred Other
|
| a |
(see objet petit a
|
| a' |
(see objet petit a
|

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1. (before 1957) the subject 2.(from 1957 on) the signifier 3. (in the schemas of Sade) the raw subject of pleasure
|
 |
the barred subject
|
 |
the master signifier
|
 |
the signifying chain/knowledge
|
| s |
the signified (in the Saussurean algorithm
|
 |
the signifier of a lack in the Other
|
 |
the signification of the Other (the message/symptom)
|
| D |
Demand
|
| d |
Desire
|
| m |
the ego (moi)
|
| i |
the specular image (schema R)
|
| i(a) |
1. the specular image (graph of desire) 2. the ideal ego (optical model)
|
| I |
the ego-ideal (schema R)
|
| I(A) |
the ego-ideal (graph of desire)
|
| Π |
the real phallus
|
| Φ |
the symbolic phallus [upper-case phi]
|
| (-φ) |
the imaginary phallus [lower-case phi]
|
| S |
the symbolic order (schema R)
|
| R |
the field of reality (schema R)
|
| I |
the imaginary order (schema R)
|
| P |
the symbolic father / Name-of-the-Father
|
| p |
the imaginary father
|
| M |
the symbolic mother
|
| J |
Jouissance
|
| Jφ |
phallic jouissance
|
| JA |
the jouissance of the Other
|
| E |
the statement
|
| e |
the enunciation
|
| V |
the will-to-enjoy (volonté de jouissance)
|