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[[Truth]] is one of the most central, and yet most complex terms in [[Lacan]]'s discourse.

The [[aim]] of [[psychoanalytic]] [[treatment]] is to lead the [[analysand]] to articulate the [[truth]] of his or her [[desire]].

[[Truth]] does not await, in some preformed state of fullness, to be revealed to the [[analysand]] by the [[analyst]], but is rather constructed in the [[dialectic]]al movement of the [[treatment]] itself.<ref>{{Ec}} p.144</ref>

[[Lacan]] argues, in opposition to the traditions of classical [[philosophy]], that [[truth]] is not beautiful<ref>{{S7}} p.217</ref> and that it is not necessarily beneficial to learn the [[truth]].<ref>{{S17}} p.122</ref>

[[Lacan]] speaks about "[[truth]]" in the singular, not as a single [[universal]] [[truth]], but as [[particular]] [[truth]], unique to each [[subject]].<ref>{{S7}} p.24</ref>

[[Psychoanalytic]] [[treatment]] is based on the fundamental premise that [[speech]] is the only means of revealing the [[truth]] about [[desire]].

From [[Lacan]]'s earliest writings, the term "[[truth]]" has metaphysical, even mystical, nuances which problematise any attempt to articulate [[truth]] and [[science]].

Although the [[analysand]] may in effect be saying to the [[analyst]] "I am deceiving you," the [[analyst]] says to the [[analysand]] "In this I am deceiving to you, what you are sending as message is what I express to you, and in doing so you are telling the truth.<ref>{{S11}} p.139-40; {{S4}} p.107-8)</ref>

The false [[appearance]]s presented by the [[analysand]] are not merely obstacles that the [[analyst]] must expose and discard in order to discover the [[truth]]; on the contrary, the [[analyst]] must take them into account (see [[semblance]]).

[[Psychoanalysis]] has shown that the [[truth]] about [[desire]] is often revealed by mistakes (parapraxes).