Lacan
Americannoun
noun
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Nothing sets Mr. Saad off more than postmodernism, “a dreadful idea” that came into vogue in the 1960s thanks to a trio of Frenchman, Jacques Derrida, Jacques Lacan and Michel Foucault.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
A pair of French guards, Carla Leite and Leila Lacan, went next to Dallas and Connecticut, respectively.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 15, 2024
The characters also pick up Judith Butler, Aimé Césaire and Jacques Lacan — just more light reads on feminism, colonialism and psychoanalysis.
From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2021
Lacan isn’t just saying a child without a self will gain a self in time.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 25, 2021
Harley informed by Captain Lacan, late of Galway's Foot in Piedmont, told Lord Treasurer Godolphin, who had the party arrested on landing.
From Historical Mysteries by Andrew Lang
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