fantouche
n.— «“Fantouche,” a marionette, a shadow of the virile object (or its “natural referent”) is what, in Lacan’s interpretation, Herr K. rightly becomes for Dora.» —“The Scene of Psychoanalysis: The Unanswered Questions of Dora” by Suzanne Gearhart Diacritics Spring, 1979. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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