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Jouissance is an English word. Below you'll find 3 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Jouissance in a sentence

Jouissance meaning

  1. Enjoyment, delight, pleasure.
  2. A transgressive, excessive kind of pleasure linked to the division and splitting of the subject involved.

Using Jouissance

  • The main meaning on this page is: Enjoyment, delight, pleasure. | A transgressive, excessive kind of pleasure linked to the division and splitting of the subject involved.

Context around Jouissance

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 28.7 words
  • Position in the sentence: 0 start, 2 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 3 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

feminine 1×

Sentence patterns with Jouissance

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

and feminine jouissance and placed 1× plaisir and jouissance of music 1× source of jouissance is the 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

during this period 1× in the 18th 1× the purpose of 1×

Common sentence endings:

jouissance of music 1× the symbolic order 1× this closed circuit 1×

Words around Jouissance

Just before it in the word index:

joughin 2 joue 2 joudrey 3 joubert 35 joual 4 jouahri 2

Just after it in the word index:

joukahainen 6 joukowski 3 joukowsky 4 joule 55 joules 23 joumou 2

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaaaand 5 aaah 5 aacl 5 aak 5 aapke 5 aarav 5

Corpus analysis for Jouissance

  • In this selection, "jouissance" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 28.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, feminine stand out and add context to how "jouissance" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include and feminine jouissance and placed and plaisir and jouissance of music. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "jouissance" sits close to words such as aaaaand, aaah and aacl, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with jouissance

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

The purpose of the drive is to return to its circular path and the true source of jouissance is the repetitive movement of this closed circuit. (26 words)

In the 18th century, focus shifted to the experience of hearing music, and thus to questions about its beauty and human enjoyment ( plaisir and jouissance ) of music. (27 words)

During this period, he developed his concepts of masculine and feminine jouissance and placed an increased emphasis on the concept of " the Real " as a point of impossible contradiction in the " Symbolic order ". (33 words)

Longer example sentences

During this period, he developed his concepts of masculine and feminine jouissance and placed an increased emphasis on the concept of " the Real " as a point of impossible contradiction in the " Symbolic order ". (33 words)

In the 18th century, focus shifted to the experience of hearing music, and thus to questions about its beauty and human enjoyment ( plaisir and jouissance ) of music. (27 words)

The purpose of the drive is to return to its circular path and the true source of jouissance is the repetitive movement of this closed circuit. (26 words)

Example sentences (3)

During this period, he developed his concepts of masculine and feminine jouissance and placed an increased emphasis on the concept of " the Real " as a point of impossible contradiction in the " Symbolic order ".

In the 18th century, focus shifted to the experience of hearing music, and thus to questions about its beauty and human enjoyment ( plaisir and jouissance ) of music.

The purpose of the drive is to return to its circular path and the true source of jouissance is the repetitive movement of this closed circuit.

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "jouissance" in a sentence?
An example: "During this period, he developed his concepts of masculine and feminine jouissance and placed an increased emphasis on the concept of " the Real " as a point of impossible contradiction in the " Symbolic order "." This page contains 3 example sentences with the word "jouissance" from authentic English texts.
What does "jouissance" mean?
Jouissance means: Enjoyment, delight, pleasure.
How many example sentences with "jouissance" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 3 example sentences with "jouissance", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.