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A Sinthome (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠an atom of enjoyment — the minimal synthesis of language and enjoyment, a sign permeated with jouissance, like a tic we compulsively repeat.

A Sinthome (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the symptom as our only substance — the knot of enjoyment by which we avoid madness, choosing something instead of nothing; analysis ends when you identify with it.

A Sinthome (n.) is, ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠as opposed to symptom, an 'atom of enjoyment' in (i.e. Like a tic we compulsively repeat), enjoyment in its smallest, most elementary, packages.

The Sinthome (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a knot of enjoyment, not a bearer of meaning; overidentifying with it, as Rammstein does, undermines ideological identification.

A Sinthome (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the meaningless habit — drugs, drink, a perversion — that a happily married man with a good job will risk everything for, since only there does he meet the density of being; without it his universe is empty.