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Primary repression (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠not a countercathexis but the body without organs pushing the desiring-machines away.

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Primary repression (n.) founds ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the subject by losing the original jouissance; language is then a lifelong attempt to recover a pleasure that cannot be recovered.