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-The basis of the '''Imaginary order''' is the formation of the ego in the "[[mirror stage]]". Since the ego is formed by identifying with the counterpart or specular image, "identification" is an important aspect of the imaginary. The relationship whereby the ego is constituted by identification is a locus of "alienation", which is another feature of the imaginary, and is fundamentally narcissistic. The imaginary, a realm of surface appearances which are deceptive, is structured by the symbolic order. It also involves a linguistic dimension: whereas the [[signifier]] is the foundation of the symbolic, the "[[signified]]" and "signification" belong to the imaginary. Thus language has both symbolic and imaginary aspects. Based on the specular image, the imaginary is rooted in the subject's relationship to the body (the image of the body).+ 
 +The '''Imaginary''' order is one of a triptych of terms in the [[psychoanalysis|psychoanalytic]] theory of [[Jacques Lacan]], along with the [[The Symbolic|symbolic]] and the [[The Real|real]]. Each of the trio of terms emerged gradually over time, and underwent an evolution during the development of Lacan's thought. "Of these three terms, the 'imaginary' was the first to appear, well before the Rome Report of 1953...[when t]he notion of the 'symbolic' came to the forefront".
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 +==See also==
 +* [[Imaginary (sociology)]]
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see The Three Orders by Jacques Lacan

The Imaginary order is one of a triptych of terms in the psychoanalytic theory of Jacques Lacan, along with the symbolic and the real. Each of the trio of terms emerged gradually over time, and underwent an evolution during the development of Lacan's thought. "Of these three terms, the 'imaginary' was the first to appear, well before the Rome Report of 1953...[when t]he notion of the 'symbolic' came to the forefront".

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