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==Symbolic==
The [[symbolic order]] is characterized by a binary opposition between [[absence]] and [[presence]].<ref>{{S4}} p.67-8</ref>
In the [[symbolic order]] "nothing exists except upon an assumed foundation of absence."<ref>{{Ec}} p.392</ref>
==Real==
This is a basic difference between the [[symbolic]] and the [[real]].
<blockquote>"There is no absence in the real. There is only absence if you suggest that there may be a presence there where there isn't one."<ref>{{S2}} p.313</ref></blockquote>
==Word==
[[Lacan]] notes that the [[symbol]] -- or [[word]] -- is "a presence made of absence" because:
# the [[symbol]] is used in the [[absence]] of the [[thing]] and
# [[signifiers]] only exist insofar as they are opposed to other [[signifiers]].<ref>{{E}} p.65</ref>
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==See Also==
* [[Absence]]
==References==
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[[Category:Psychoanalysis]]
[[Category:Jacques Lacan]]
[[Category:Dictionary]]
[[Category:Symbolic]]
[[Category:Concepts]]
[[Category:Terms]]
