[[Lacan]]'s use of the term "[[imaginary]]" as a substantive dates back to 1936.<ref>{{Ec}} p. 81</ref>
=====Illusion=====From the beginning, the The term has connotations of illusion, fascination and seduction, and relates specifically to the [[dual relation]] between the [[ego]] and the [[specular image]]. It is important to note, however, that while the [[imaginary]] always retains connotations of [[illusion]] and [[lure]], it is not simply synonymous with "the illusory" insofar as the latter term implies something unnecessary and inconsequential.<ref>{{Ec}} p. 723</ref> The [[imaginary]] is far from inconsequential; it has powerful effects in the [[real]], and is not simply something that can be dispensed with or "overcome".
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