Lacan

[ luh-kahn, ‑-kahn ]

noun

1. Jacques, 1901–81, French philosopher and psychoanalyst.

Lacan

/ lakɑ̃ /

noun

1. LacanJacques19011981MFrenchMEDICINE: psychoanalystWRITING: structuralist Jacques (ʒak). 1901–81, French psychoanalyst, who reinterpreted Freud in terms of structural linguistics: an important influence on poststructuralist thought

Example Sentences

Lacan, by the way, once you read Kojève’s exegesis on Hegel, if you do read Lacan, you realize that like a lot of Lacan is just literally ripping off Kojève.

From Vox

Barthes, Derrida, Foucault and Lacan were starting to develop the ideas that would revolutionize the humanities.

From The Daily Beast