Lacanian

English

Etymology

From Lacan +‎ -ian, after Jacques Lacan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ləˈkeɪ.ni.ən/
• Rhymes: -eɪniən

Adjective

Lacanian (comparative more Lacanian, superlative most Lacanian)

1. (psychoanalysis) Of, pertaining to, or resembling the psychoanalytical views of Jacques Lacan (1901–1981).
   • 2009, Wesley C. Swedlow, Against the Personification of Democracy: A Lacanian Critique of Political Subjectivity, Continuum International, page 11:

     For him, then, the only truly liberating response is a Lacanian act, an attack on the fundamental fantasy of our current social configuration.

Related terms

• Lacanianism
• Lacanianist

Translations

pertaining to the views of Lacan

• Finnish: lacanilainen
• Italian: lacaniano