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[[Lacan]]'s use of the term '[[being]]' (''être'') introduces a metaphysical note to his discourse that distinguishes it from most other [[school]]s of [[psychoanalytic theory]], which refuse to engage with their metaphysical and philosophical foundations.<ref>(see E, 228)</ref>

Conversely, something may exist without being, such as the 'ineffable, stupid existence' of the [[subject]], which cannot be completely reduced to a signifying articulation.<ref>(E, 194)</ref>

[[Lacan]] coins the neologism '''parlêtre''' from the verbal noun ''être'' ('being') and the verb ''parler'' ('to speak') to emphasise his point that [[being]] is constituted in and through [[language]].

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