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Things signifier often describes ("signifier ________")
How signifier often is described ("________ signifier")
- empty
- maternal
- principal
- despotic
- overdetermined
- essential
- negative
- unconscious
- phonic
- original
- hidden
- single
- privileged
- lacanian
- obvious
- central
- crucial
- slippery
- cultural
- supreme
- potent
- ethnic
- arbitrary
- metonymic
- primary
- linguistic
- cinematic
- universal
- repressed
- enigmatic
- order
- important
- absent
- particular
- symbolic
- paternal
- stable
- iconic
- ambiguous
- transparent
- unstable
- visible
- mere
- visual
- key
- mythical
- floating
- transcendental
- phallic
- imaginary
- primordial
- master
- transcendent
- ultimate
- dominant
- powerful
- fundamental
- textual
- pure
- prime
- literary
- musical
- unique
- absolute
- racial
- sexual
- major
- verbal
- complex
