Jouissance Definition

noun

The sexual connotation (i.e. orgasm) lacking in the English word "enjoyment", and therefore left untranslated in English editions of the works of the French psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan.

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Origin of Jouissance

  • From Middle French jouissance, from jouir (“to enjoy”).

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