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The Subject (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠(due to its function in language) that whose function is something distinct from anything to do with the psyche.

The Subject (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a 'bone stuck in the throat of the signifier'. That is to say, it cannot find its 'name' in the symbolic order or achieve full ontological identity.

The Subject (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a 'speaking being,' modulated by external codes and contact with its environment, it cannot possibly be perceived as an autonomous entity capable of free and independent action, as enlightenment philosophers believed.

The Subject (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a part of the symbolic whereas the ego is part of the imaginary.

The Subject (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a speaking being, bound by language's dictates, whose desires are the products of language, which exist only in the symbolic order (in contrast to the ego which belongs to imaginary).

The Subject (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a subjectivized lack, not a lacking subject or subject of impossibility, even though he presupposes the assumption and overcoming of a purely negative moment.

The Subject (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠an effect of language. He is that entity which, when he speaks, unbeknownst to himself, is merely 'spoken', that is not the master of his own house, and thus, the subject is the unconscious.

The Subject (n.) is, ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠in part, barred from what properly constitutes it as a function of the unconscious.

The Subject (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠not simply the speaker or what falls under pronouns such as 'I'. When I say 'it rains', the subject is not part of the sentence, so where is the subject'.

The Subject (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠not some living substratum, nor any sort of substance, nor any being possessing knowledge in his pathos, nor even some incarnated logos, but the cartesian subject, who appears at the moment when doubt is recognized as certainty.

The Subject (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠something inviting the question 'where is the subject'' And ultimately, it must be stated that the subject is a lost object.

The Subject (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠inscribed within the otherness of language and is always a fading thing that runs under the chain of signifiers. With its introduction, a loss is introduced into the world.

The Subject (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the name given to a discontinuity in the symbolic structure the failed place of signification.

The Subject (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠an effect of how language (and other signifying practices of culture) inscribe themselves upon us as organisms.

Subject (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠not just a jargon word for ‘self’. While the ‘self’ is a wholeness, the ‘subject’ is divided both within itself and from the organism.

The Subject (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠split; on the one hand, it is conscious (rational, deliberate), and on the other hand, it is unconscious (motivated by desires that make themselves known only indirectly in dreams, slips, jokes, or symptoms).

A Subject (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠what we become as a result of cultural construction and what culture represses, namely, the lost but inextricable real.