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Symbolic order
The Symbolic Order is Lacan's term for the phase when the child gains mastery within the public realm of verbal language - when a degree of individuality and autonomy is surrendered to the constraints of linguistic conventions and the Self becomes a more fluid and ambiguous relational signifier rather than a relatively fixed entity.
- Part of Speech: noun
- Industry/Domain: Language
- Category: General language
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