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inspectionism en · NOUN

Etymology

From inspection + -ism.

Meanings

  1. (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: