Manque (disambiguation)
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- Manqué is the past participle of the French verb, manquer, to miss
- ManquéManquéManqué is a term used in reference to a person who has failed to live up to a specific expectation or ambition. It is usually used in combination with a profession: for example, a career civil servant with political prowess who nonetheless never attained political office might be described as a...
(or manquée), used in English, means unfulfilled or potential, generally with reference to a profession (as in "actor manqué" or "Bond girl manquée"). - Mathematician manqué is a would-be mathematician, particularly a philosopher.
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- Lack (manque)Lack (manque)Lack , is, in Lacan's psychoanalytic philosophy, always related to desire. In his seminar Le transfert he states that lack is what causes desire to arise....
, a concept in the work of philosopher Jacques LacanJacques LacanJacques Marie Émile Lacan was a French psychoanalyst and psychiatrist who made prominent contributions to psychoanalysis and philosophy, and has been called "the most controversial psycho-analyst since Freud". Giving yearly seminars in Paris from 1953 to 1981, Lacan influenced France's... - Manque is the set of slots 1-18 in a game of rouletteRouletteRoulette is a casino game named after a French diminutive for little wheel. In the game, players may choose to place bets on either a single number or a range of numbers, the colors red or black, or whether the number is odd or even....
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- Le Manque is a French film of 1977.