Jouissance (pronounced [ʒwisɑ̃s] ) is a French language term implying "enjoyment"; the term jouissance connotes jouir 'to come' as in sexual parlance and has the meaning 'orgasm' in French. In continental philosophy and psychoanalysis, jouissance is the transgression of a subject's regulation of pleasure.
Jouissance (pronounced [ʒwisɑ̃s] ) is a French language term implying "enjoyment"; the term jouissance connotes jouir 'to come' as in sexual parlance and has the meaning 'orgasm' in French. In continental philosophy and psychoanalysis, jouissance is the transgression of a subject's regulation of pleasure.
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