Dictionary

exhibitionism en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /ɛksɪˈbɪʃənɪzm/

Etymology

Etymology tree English exhibition Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English exhibitionism From exhibition + -ism.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The practice or character trait of deliberately drawing attention to oneself.
2. (countable, uncountable) The practice or character trait of deliberately displaying one's genitals, female nipples, or buttocks in public for sexual gratification.
   • Yes, really. Blanchard has expanded the DSM's "paraphilia" section (where crimes such as paedophilia and exhibitionism go) to include transvestic disorder. 2012 December 9, Paris Lees, “Transgender people get a status update”, in The Guardian:
   • The dance consisted of sexual exhibitionism, reeling and swaying as if in a state of intoxication, erotic bodily movements, and denudation. 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 68:

Forms

Relateds

autagonistophilia · exhibit · exhibitionist

Translations (45)

sv blottning (practice of displaying one's private bodily parts in public) · eo ekshibicio (practice of displaying one's private bodily parts in public) · bg ексхибициони́зъм (practice of drawing attention to oneself) · pt exibicionismo (practice of displaying one's private bodily parts in public) · sv exhibitionism (practice of displaying one's private bodily parts in public) · pl ekshibicjonizm (practice of displaying one's private bodily parts in public) · fi ekshibitionismi (practice of drawing attention to oneself) · uk ексгібіціоні́зм (practice of drawing attention to oneself) · es exhibicionismo (practice of displaying one's private bodily parts in public) · ca exhibicionisme (practice of displaying one's private bodily parts in public) · gl exhibicionismo (practice of drawing attention to oneself) · sh egzibicionizam (practice of drawing attention to oneself) · cs exhibicionizmus (practice of drawing attention to oneself) · gl exhibicionismo (practice of displaying one's private bodily parts in public) · el επιδειξιομανία (practice of displaying one's private bodily parts in public) · el επιδειξιομανία (practice of drawing attention to oneself) · cmn 暴露癖 (practice of displaying one's private bodily parts in public) · cmn 露體癖 /露体癖 (practice of displaying one's private bodily parts in public) · ru эксгибициони́зм (practice of displaying one's private bodily parts in public) · eo elmontremo (practice of displaying one's private bodily parts in public) · nl exhibitionisme (practice of drawing attention to oneself) · hy էքսհիբիցիոնիզմ (practice of drawing attention to oneself) · de Exhibitionismus (practice of displaying one's private bodily parts in public) · cy arddangosiaeth (practice of drawing attention to oneself) · pt exibicionismo (practice of drawing attention to oneself) · cmn 露陰癖 /露阴癖 (practice of displaying one's private bodily parts in public) · it esibizionismo (practice of drawing attention to oneself) · ro exhibiționism (practice of displaying one's private bodily parts in public) · fi pröystäilynhalu (practice of displaying one's private bodily parts in public) · ja 露出症 (practice of displaying one's private bodily parts in public) · de Exhibitionismus (practice of drawing attention to oneself) · ko 노출증 (practice of displaying one's private bodily parts in public) · fr exhibitionnisme (practice of drawing attention to oneself) · ca exhibicionisme (practice of drawing attention to oneself) · fr exhibitionnisme (practice of displaying one's private bodily parts in public) · ka ექსჰიბიციონიზმი (practice of displaying one's private bodily parts in public) · ka ექსჰიბიციონიზმი (practice of drawing attention to oneself) · it esibizionismo (practice of displaying one's private bodily parts in public) · ro exhibiționism (practice of drawing attention to oneself) · cs exhibicionismus (practice of drawing attention to oneself) · es exhibicionismo (practice of drawing attention to oneself) · sh егзибиционизам (practice of drawing attention to oneself) · sv exhibitionism (practice of drawing attention to oneself) · sv blottande (practice of displaying one's private bodily parts in public) · ru эксгибициони́зм (practice of drawing attention to oneself)