extimacy

== English == === Etymology === Calque of French extimité + English -cy (suffix forming nouns of condition, quality, or state). Extimité was coined by the French psychiatrist and psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan (1901–1981) in 1959–1960), probably from a blend of French externe (“external”) + intimité (“closeness, intimacy”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ˈɛkstɪməsi/ Hyphenation: ex‧tim‧a‧cy === Noun === extimacy (countable and uncountable, plural extimacies) (psychology) In the works of Jacques Lacan: the quality of being extimate. === References ===