jouissance English

Meaning jouissance meaning

What does jouissance mean?

jouissance noun

— (obsolete) Enjoyment, delight, pleasure.

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

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pleasure

delight

delectation

complacence

blissfulness