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| + | The [[French]] noun ''[[jouissance]]'' means "[[enjoyment]]" -- both in the sense of [[pleasure]] and in the sense in which one speaks of the [[enjoyment]] of rights and privileges -- but it has a sexual connotation (i.e. "[[sexuality|orgasm]]) lacking in the [[English]] word, and is therefore left untranslated in most English editions of [[Lacan]]. | ||
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''[[Jouissance]]'' is a French noun meaning approximately "[[enjoyment]]". | ''[[Jouissance]]'' is a French noun meaning approximately "[[enjoyment]]". | ||
Revision as of 07:22, 13 August 2006
The French noun jouissance means "enjoyment" -- both in the sense of pleasure and in the sense in which one speaks of the enjoyment of rights and privileges -- but it has a sexual connotation (i.e. "orgasm) lacking in the English word, and is therefore left untranslated in most English editions of Lacan.
means approximately "enjoyment".
Jouissance is a French noun meaning approximately "enjoyment".
