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[[order ]] ([[Fr]]. ''[[ordre]]'')

(Although [[Jacques Lacan]] first develops uses the terms "real," symbolic" and "imagianry" from early on in his work, it is not until 1953 that he speaks of these as three '[[order]]s' ("orders" or '[[register]]s'three "registers.") in 1953.

The [[Imaginary]], the [[Symbolic]] and (From that moment on they come to be the [[Real]] thus comprise a basic fundamental classification system (around which all [[Lacan]]'s theorising his theorizing turns.) which allows important distinctions to be drawn between concepts which, according to [[Lacan]], had previously been confused in [[psychoanalytic theory]].

 [[Jacques Lacan]] first develops the three "[[order]]s" (or "[[register]]s") in 1953. The [[imaginary]], the [[symbolic]] and the [[real]] thus comprise a basic classification system (around which all [[Lacan]]'s theorising turns) which allows important distinctions to be drawn between concepts which, according to [[Lacan]], had previously been confused in [[psychoanalytic theory]].  For example [[Lacan]] argues that much misunderstanding has arisen in [[psychoanalytic theory]] due to a failure to distinguish between the [[Imaginaryimaginary]] [[father]], the [[Symbolicsymbolic]] [[father ]] and the [[Realreal]] [[father]].

The [[imaginary]], the [[symbolic]] and the [[real]] are profoundly heterogeneous, each referring to quite distinct aspects of [[psychoanalytic]] [[experience]].  It is therefore difficult to see what they have in common, and yet, the fact that [[Lacan]] refers to all three as '"[[order]]s' " implies that they share some common property.

-- Although the three [[orders ]] are profoundly heterogeneous, each order must be defined by reference to the other two.

The [[structural ]] interdependence of the three [[order]]s is illustrated by the [[Borromean Knotborromean knot]], in which the severing of any one of the three rings causes the other two to become separated also.