Lacan
[luh-kahn, ‐kahn] /ləˈkɑ̃, ‐ˈkɑn/
noun
1.
Jacques, 1901–81, French philosopher and psychoanalyst.
/French lakɑ̃/
noun
1.
Jacques (ʒak). 1901–81, French psychoanalyst, who reinterpreted Freud in terms of structural linguistics: an important influence on poststructuralist thought
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