voyeurism
pronunciation
How to pronounce voyeurism in British English:
UK [vɔɪ'ɜ:rɪzəm]
How to pronounce voyeurism in American English:
US [vɔɪ'ɜrɪzəm]
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- Noun:
- perversion in which a person receives sexual gratification from seeing the genitalia of others or witnessing others' sexual behavior
Word Origin
- voyeurism (n.)
- "scopophilia," 1913, from voyeur + -ism.
Example
- 1. For a very private person , weddings feel like a lavish exercise in voyeurism .
- 2. All social media involve a mixture of narcissism and voyeurism .
- 3. On arrest , he disclosed that he had also committed acts of voyeurism on shannon and others , videotaping them in the bathroom .
- 4. I think we write about humanity 's end the same way we watch slasher flicks : it 's voyeurism .
- 5. A new discussion highlights the need for morality and links the " mass voyeurism " of the scandal with democracy .