Lacanian

adjective

La·​ca·​ni·​an lə-ˈkā-nē-ən 

: of, relating to, or according with psychoanalytic theories or practices of Jacques-Marie-Émile Lacan

In Lacanian psychoanalysis, a person's desire is not self-made but rather is "the desire of the other." You experience this phenomenon when you dress as someone else would like you to dress, or when you act in a way you hope will attract the attention of your crush.

—Matthew Salesses

Word History

First Known Use

1966, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for Lacanian

• romanian
• roumanian
• rumanian
• ukrainian
• cenomanian
• lithuanian
• pennsylvanian
• pomeranian
• subterranean
• mediterranean