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The Desire of the other (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠grasped by the subject precisely where the Other's discourse does not work, in its lacks.

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The Desire of the other (n.) thrives ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠only while the Other stays an undecipherable abyss; its jouissance means suffocating overproximity.