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The verb '[[slip]]' (''glisser'') (and its corresponding noun, '[[slippage]]' (''glissement'')) is used by [[Lacan]] is describe the unstable relationship between the [[signifier]] and the [[signified]].

The term thus emphasises the different ways in which [[Saussure]] and [[Lacan]] conceive of [[signification]].

For [[Saussure]], [[signification]] was a stable bond between [[signifier]] and [[signified]], but for [[Lacan]] it is an unstable, fluid relationship.

[[Lacan]] argues that it is impossible to establish a stable one-to-one link between [[signifier]]s and [[signified]]s.

He symbolises this impossibility by inscribing a [[bar]] between them in the [[Saussurean algorithm]].

The [[signified]] slips and slides under the [[bar]] of the [[Saussurean algorithm]] in a continuous movement,<ref>E, 154</ref> a movement which is only temporarily detained by the ''[[points de capiton]]''.

In the case of [[psychosis]], the slippery movement of [[signification]] is endless, and stable [[meaning]]s dissolve altogether.