exhibitionist
pronunciation
How to pronounce exhibitionist in British English:
UK [ˌeksɪˈbɪʃənɪst]
How to pronounce exhibitionist in American English:
US [ ˌɛksəˈbɪʃənɪst]
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- Noun:
- someone with a compulsive desire to expose the genitals
- someone who deliberately behaves in such a way as to attract attention
Word Origin
- exhibitionist (n.)
- 1821, "one who takes part in an exhibition;" psychosexual sense is from 1893, in Craddock's translation of Krafft-Ebing; see exhibition + -ist. Related: Exhibitionism (1893); exhibitionistic (1928). Exhibitioner is from 1670s in the English university sense.
Example
- 1. The only thing I can not get the exhibitionist .
- 2. Morgan 's quite the exhibitionist , isn 't she ?
- 3. Linda was frightened to death by that exhibitionist .
- 4. The police have just arrested an exhibitionist in the supennarket .
- 5. Until recently , they had to be gay and exhibitionist to attract that kind of attention , whereas girls received it passively .