The term "[[desire of the analyst]]" is ambiguous, and oscillates between two meanings in [[Lacan]]'s [[Jacques Lacan:Bibliography|work]].
There are two meanings of ===Desire ''Attributed'' to the term in [[Lacan]]Analyst=======Desire ''Attributed's [[{{LB}}|work]]. The phrase "[[desire of ' to the analyst]]" is an ambiguous one that seems to oscillate in [[Lacan]]'s [[Works of Jacques Lacan|work]] between two meanings:Analyst======="==Desire ''Attributed'' to the Analyst Supposed to Know"=====
In [[psychoanalytic treatment]], the [[analyst]] attributes [[desire]] to the [[analyst]] (as well as [[knowledge]]).