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Lacanian

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A person who follows the ideas of Jacques Lacan about the mind

noun
/ləˈkeɪniən/

Literature

: lacano

But this is not the way a Lacanian defines the sadist.
Lacanian terms
Lacanian reading

Examples

I'm a feminist, I'm a Lacanian, I'm a student of Paul de Man.
But to take these metaphors too far is to lose one's critical bearings, to give in to a Lacanian affect.

Academic text (2000)
This is an operation that correlates with feminist versions of Lacanian theory regarding the formulation of subjectivity.

Academic text (1994)
Hiroshima in Lacanian terms signifies the real that has constantly been deferred through the symbolic and the imaginary alike.

Academic text (1997)
To give the phallus to a woman—a Lacanian reading is inevitable here—was to give her the authority to speak and to teach.

Fiction book (1991)
A Lacanian believes that the unconscious is structured like a language.
Many therapists identify as Lacanians, emphasizing language's role in shaping the psyche.
During the conference, a Lacanian presented their interpretation of identity formation.

Surface Forms

Lacanian singular

Lacanians plural

Etymology

Lacanian comes from the name Lacan and the ending -ian, which often makes a word mean 'a person who follows' someone, just like Newtonian. So a Lacanian is a person who follows or uses Lacan's ideas.