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==Paternal Metaphor==
In 1958, he goes on to elaborate the [[structure]] of this [[metaphor]]; it involves the [[substitution]] of one [[signifier]] (the [[Name-of-the-Father]]) for another (the [[desire]] of the [[mother]]).<ref>{{E}} p.200</ref>
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The [[paternal metaphor]] thus designates the [[metaphorical]] (i.e. substitutive) character of the [[oedipus complex]] itself.