==Linguistic Definition==
As early as 1957, the [[symptom]] is said to be 'inscribed in a writing process' (Ec, 445).
==Zizek==
[[<blockquote>Such a fragment of the signifier permeated with idiotic enjoyment is what Lacan]] defines , in the [[symptom]] in [[linguistic]] termslast stage of his teaching, as a [[signifier]]called ''le sinthome''. conceiving of ''Le sinthome'' is not the symptom as a , the coded message which can to be deciphered by reference to interpretation, but the unconscious meaningless letter that immediately procures ''jouis-sense'structured like a language',"enjoyment-in-meaning," "enjoy-meant."<ref>{{Z}} [[Looking Awry: An Introduction to Jacques Lacan Through Popular Culture]] Cambridge, Mass. MIT Press, 1991. p.129</ref></blockquote>
==Linguistic Definition==
As early as 1957, the [[symptom]] is said to be 'inscribed in a writing process' (Ec, 445).
[[Lacan]] defines the [[symptom]] in [[linguistic]] terms, as a [[signifier]].
conceiving of the symptom as a message which can be deciphered by reference to the unconscious 'structured like a language',
The [[symptom]] does not call for [[interpretation]].
