mirror stage

noun

A concept concerning the structure of human subjectivity and the imaginary order in the psychoanalytic theory of Jacques Lacan.

Meanings

nounmirror stage (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA concept concerning the structure of human subjectivity and the imaginary order in the psychoanalytic theory of Jacques Lacan.
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