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Jouissance (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠(after 1957) the enjoyment of a sexual object, masturbation, and ultimately, orgasm.

Jouissance (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠(up to 1957) no more than the enjoyable sensation that accompanies the satisfaction of a biological need such as hunger.

Jouissance (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠opposed to pleasure. The result of transgressing the pleasure principle is not more pleasure, but pain, since there is only a certain amount of pleasure that the subject can bear. Beyond this limit, pleasure becomes pain, and this 'painful pleasure'.

Jouissance's (n.) prohibition ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠is inherent in the structure of language and thus forbidden to him who speaks, as such.

Jouissance's (n.) renunciation ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠is required for the subject's entry into the symbolic. Castration means the refusal of jouissance so it can be reached on the inverted ladder of the law of desire.

Jouissance (n.) expresses ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the suffering one derives from one's own satisfaction. It is the satisfaction one derives from his symptoms and the suffering he derives from his own satisfaction.

Jouissance (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the pain that lies beyond the pleasure principle, in the excess of pleasure. It is thus, the 'painful principles'.