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==Neologism==
The term "[[matheme]]" is a neologism coined by [[Jacques Lacan]] in the early 1970s.
The term "[[mathème]]" is a neologism which [[Lacan]] derives from the word "[[mathematics]]" -- presumably by analogy with the term ''[[Claude Lévi-Strauss|mytheme]]''.<ref>''Mytheme'' is a term coined by [[Claude Lévi-Strauss]] to denote the basic constituents of mythological systems.</ref>
