JOUISSANCE

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N., Pam M.S.
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enjoyment or pleasure that's something more than mere satisfaction of instincts. Such pleasure is seen as subversive and destabilizing force.

JOUISSANCE: "Jouissance is the theory of French psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan 1901-1981."

Related Psychology Terms

  1. PLEASURE PRINCIPLE
  2. JOIE DE VIVRE
  3. INTRINSIC REWARD
  4. BEAUTY
  5. FUNCTION PLEASURE
  6. CONFIRMATION
  7. VICARIOUS ENJOYMENT
  8. SELF-DEFEATING PERSONALITY DISORDER
  9. SEXUALITY
  10. MILITARY STRESS MODELS
Cite this page: N., Pam M.S., "JOUISSANCE," in PsychologyDictionary.org, May 11, 2013, https://psychologydictionary.org/jouissance/ (accessed October 15, 2019).
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