Jouissance

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The French noun jouissance means basically "enjoyment" 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".

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