Lacan
[ luh-kahn, ‐kahn ]
/ ləˈkɑ̃, ‐ˈkɑn /
noun
Jacques,1901–81,
French philosopher and psychoanalyst.
Example sentences from the Web for lacan
Barthes, Derrida, Foucault and Lacan were starting to develop the ideas that would revolutionize the humanities.
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British Dictionary definitions for lacan
Lacan
/ (French lakɑ̃) /
noun
Jacques (ʒak). 1901–81, French psychoanalyst, who reinterpreted Freud in terms of structural linguistics: an important influence on poststructuralist thought