inspectionism en · NOUN
Etymology
From inspection + -ism.
Meanings
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(dated, uncountable) voyeurism
Inspectionism or voyeurism is widely regarded as a defense mechanism which the individual adopts in an effort to safeguard his psychological integrity.
1960, Louis Peter Thorpe, The Psychology of Mental Health, page 474:He had often been caught when practising inspectionism upon girls of his own age, or upon the servants.
1924, Oskar Pfister, Love in Children and Its Aberrations, page 180: