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''[[Jouissance]]'' is a [[French]] term -- often left untranslated in most English editions of [[Lacan]] -- which means approximately "[[enjoyment]]", but it has a sexual connotation (i.e. "[[sexuality|orgasm]]) lacking in the [[English]] word.
''[[Jouissance]]'' is a [[French]] term -- often left untranslated in English editions of [[Lacan]] -- which means approximately "[[enjoyment]]", but it has a sexual connotation (i.e. "[[sexuality|orgasm]]) lacking in the [[English]] word.
 

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Jouissance is a French term -- often left untranslated in most English editions of Lacan -- which means approximately "enjoyment", but it has a sexual connotation (i.e. "orgasm) lacking in the English word.