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The verb '[[slip]]' (''glisser'') (and its corresponding noun, '[[slippage]]' (''glissement'') to ) is used by [[Lacan]] is describe the unstable relationship betweenthe [[signifier]] and the [[signified]].
The term thus emphasises the different ways in which [[Saussure ]] and [[Lacan ]] conceive of SIGNIFICATION; for Saussure, significa-[[signification]].
He symbolises this impossibility by inscribing a [[bar]] between them in the [[Saussurean algorithm]].
The [[signified]] slips and slides under the [[bar]] of the [[Saussurean algorithm]] in a continuous movement,<ref>E, 154</ref> a movement which is only temporarily detained by the ''[[points de capiton]]''.
In the case of [[psychosis]], the slippery movement of [[signification]] is endless, and stable [[meaning]]s dissolve altogether.
==See Also==
* [[Signifier]]
* [[Signified]]
* [[Signification]]
* [[bar]]
* [[points de capiton]]
* [[meaning]]
== References ==
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[[Category:Jacques Lacan]]
[[Category:Terms]]
[[Category:ConceptsSymbolic]]
[[Category:Psychoanalysis]]