Dictionary

voyeuristic en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *widéh₁yeti Proto-Italic *widēō Latin videō Old French veoir Middle French veoir French voir Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -(ā)tōrem Old French -or Middle French -eur French -eur French voyeurbor. English voyeur Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English -istic English voyeuristic From voyeur + -istic.

Meanings

1. Of, relating to, or derived from voyeurism or a voyeur.
   • A documentary about gun violence that has its premiere on HBO on Monday has been given extra topicality by the massacre in Charleston, S.C. That, though, isn’t necessarily to the film’s benefit. It might draw additional viewers, sure, but it also underscores the project’s voyeuristic shallowness. 2015 June 21, Neil Genzlinger, “Review: ‘Requiem for the Dead’ on HBO Explores Gun Violence in America”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

Forms

Deriveds

voyeuristically · unvoyeuristic · nonvoyeuristic

Translations (7)

pl voyeurystyczny (of, relating to, or derived from voyeurism) · de voyeuristisch (of, relating to, or derived from voyeurism) · fi tirkistelevä (of, relating to, or derived from voyeurism) · sv voyeuristisk (of, relating to, or derived from voyeurism) · fr voyeuriste (of, relating to, or derived from voyeurism) · vi thị dâm (of, relating to, or derived from voyeurism) · fi tirkistelyyn liittyvä (of, relating to, or derived from voyeurism)