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Definition: Exhibitionism |
ExhibitionismNoun1. Extravagant and conspicuous behavior intended to attract attention to yourself. 2. The perverse act of exposing and attracting attention to your own genitals. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "exhibitionism" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1900. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Health | A disorder in which fantasies about or the act of exposing the genitals to an unsuspecting stranger produces sexual excitement with no attempt at further sexual activity with the stranger. (references) |
Medicine | Is an impulsive action which consists of the exposure of the genitalia. Source: European Union. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
An exhibitionist is a person who practises exhibitionism as a psychological alteration of the human behaviour that does neither imply the need to exhibit the genitalia or buttocks nor alterations of the psychiatric condition of the individual (although sometimes this occurs, see below).In this type of exhibitionism the individual shows a tendency to an extravagant behaviour and the need to captivate the attention of others. The person can act in several forms, by competing to be the "first", adhering to a particular fashion, ostentation (in different forms), showing him/herself in a pre-determined form, posing, being bombastic, etc. In this type of exhibitionism the above-mentioned forms can appear isolated or as a group of manifestations. People showing this type of personality are sometimes called extravagant besides of exhibitionist. Generally this type of exhibitionism does not have legal implications, unless the individual shows an aggressive or criminal behaviour (i.e. robbery).
Reportedly, exhibitionism is principally due to a low self-esteem.
There are other exhibitionists that practise a sexual type of exhibitionism called indecent exposure, which is a psychiatric disease and considered a criminal exhibitionist practice in many jurisdictions.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Exhibitionist."
Synonym: ExhibitionismSynonym: immodesty (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Exhibitionism |
| Non-English Usage: "Exhibitionism" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. Swedish (exhibitionism). |
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| "Exhibitionism" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Exhibitionism" is used about 26 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 26 | 68,323 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "exhibitionism"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | eksibicionizëm, mani për t'u dukur. (various references) | |
Arabic | الافتضاحية. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | склонност към самоизтъкване, ексхибиционизъм. (various references) | |
Chinese | 表现癖. (various references) | |
Czech | exhibicionismus. (various references) | |
Danish | ekshibitionisme. (various references) | |
Dutch | exhibitionisme. (various references) | |
French | exhibitionnisme. (various references) | |
German | Exhibitionismus. (various references) | |
Greek | επιδειξιομανία, τάση προσ επίδειξη ή αποκάλυψη. (various references) | |
Hebrew | ראות ות (flamboyance, flamboyancy, flashiness, ostentation). (various references) | |
Hungarian | exhibicionizmus, magamutogatás. (various references) | |
Italian | esibizionismo (showing off). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 露出症 . (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ろしゅつしょう. (various references) | |
Manx | taishbynaght. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | exhibitionismay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | exibicionismo (peacockery). (various references) | |
Romanian | exhibiţionism. (various references) | |
Russian | эксгибиционизм, склонность к саморекламе. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | egzibicionizam. (various references) | |
Spanish | exhibicionismo (showmanship). (various references) | |
Swedish | exhibitionism. (various references) | |
Turkish | teşhircilik, sergileme merakı. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "exhibitionism": exhibitionisms. (additional references) | |
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"Exhibitionism" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: ehibitionism, eshibitionism, exhibisionism, exibitionism, exihibitionism. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-e-h-i-i-i-i-m-n-o-s-t-x" | |
-2 letters: exhibitions. | |
-3 letters: exhibition. | |
-5 letters: exhibits, hominies, inhibits. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-e-h-i-i-i-i-m-n-o-s-t-x" | |
+1 letter: exhibitionisms. | |
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