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=====Algebraic Formula=====
[[Image:Lacan-firstmetaphor.jpg|center|200px|First formula of metaphor]]
This formula is to be read as follows.
Thus the whole formula reads: the signifying function of the substitution of one [[signifier]] for another is congruent with the crossing of the [[bar]].
[[Image:Lacan-secondmetaphor.jpg|center|200px|Second formula of metaphor]]
=====Signification=====
The "[[metonymic]] [[object]]" (the [[signifier]] which is elided, S' in the previous formula) is repressed, but returns in the [[surplus]] meaning (+) produced in the [[metaphor]].
The [[return]] of the [[repressed]] (the [[symptom]]) therefore also has the [[structure]] of a [[metaphor]]; indeed; [[Lacan]] asserts that "[[The Symptom|the symptom ]] ''is'' a metaphor."<ref>{{E}} p.175</ref>
=====Condensation=====
