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[[Lacan]] distinguishes between three kinds of [[lack]], according to the nature of the [[object]] which is [[lack]]ing, as shown in the figure below.<ref>{{S4}} p.269</ref>
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|+ [[:Image:Lacan-threelacks.jpg|Table of three types of lack of object]]<BR>
! align="center" | AGENT !! align="center" | LACK !! align="center" | OBJECT
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This "missing signifier" (written -1 in [[Lacan]]ian [[algebra]]) is constitutive of the [[subject]].
[[Image:Lacan-threelacks.jpg|thumb|right|Table of three types of lack of object]]
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