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Surplus Enjoyment, or 'plus-de-jouir', is a Lacanian term adopted by Zizek to describe the excess pleasure derived from participating in social norms, which serves as a form of ideological attachment.

The Parallax View signifies the inherent gaps in reality when approached from different perspectives, a central concept in Zizek's critique to show how ideology can distort objective understanding.

Overidentification is an excessive emphasis on certain ideological elements, sometimes leading to their subversion. Zizek uses it to demonstrate how some forms of extreme compliance can reveal the fault lines in an ideology.

Interpassivity relates to the process whereby individuals delegate their emotional reactions to an external subject or object, which is a key feature of contemporary consumerist culture in Zizek's critique.

Desire and Drive in Zizek's critique reflect Lacan's psychoanalytical theory, with desire referring to the want for something missing, and drive as the repeated pursuit of a 'lost' satisfaction - both essential for analyzing ideological structures.

The Big Other refers to the socio-symbolic order in Lacanian psychoanalysis, influencing individual psychology and social interactions. Zizek often refers to it to describe modern ideologies and their influence on people's perceptions and behaviors in society.

The concept of Ideological Fantasy in Zizek's work refers to the narratives and beliefs that societies construct to mask contradictions and conflicts, helping to sustain the illusion of a cohesive reality.

Traversing the Fantasy involves confronting the illusions of the Ideological Fantasy, ultimately recognizing its inconsistency and the subject's own complicity in it - a pivotal moment in Zizek's social psychoanalysis.

The Lacanian Real is an aspect of psychoanalytic theory that denotes what is beyond symbolization. Zizek often refers to this as that which ideology cannot fully cover or integrate, leading to social antagonisms.

In Zizek's critique, the Sublime Object of Ideology is the object that an ideology elevates to an exalted status, inspiring devotion despite possibly being an empty signifier, thus sustaining ideological commitments.

The Ideological Sublime Object is that which represents the ideal within an ideology, yet it is essentially unattainable. Zizek sees this concept as central to understanding the appeal and persistence of ideologies.

The Act, in Zizekian terms, is a radical decision or intervention that breaks with the existing symbolic order and creates a new set of possibilities, challenging ideological preconceptions.

Symbolic Castration is the acceptance of the limitations of the self within the structures of language and society, which Zizek uses to explain the individual's integration into the socio-symbolic order.

Zizek compares ideology to a symptom in psychoanalysis, revealing the underlying conflicts and contradictions within a society that are otherwise obscured or rationalized.