JOUISSANCE

Etymology

Noun

jouissance (uncountable)

(obsolete) Enjoyment, delight, pleasure.

In poststructuralism, a transgressive, excessive kind of pleasure linked to the division and splitting of the subject involved.

Usage notes

• The sexual connotation (i.e. orgasm) is lacking in the English word "enjoyment", and therefore the word is left untranslated in English editions of the works of the French psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan.

Source: Wiktionary


Jou"is*sance, n. Etym: [F., fr. jouir to enjoy, fr. L. gaudere to rejoice.]

Definition: Jollity; merriment. [Obs.] Spenser.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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