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Definition: Exhibitionist |
ExhibitionistAdjective1. Compulsively attracting attention to yourself especially by boasting or exaggerated behavior. Noun1. Someone with a compulsive desire to expose the genitals. 2. Someone who deliberately behaves in such a way as to attract attention. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
(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."
Synonyms: ExhibitionistSynonyms: exhibitionist(a) (adj), exhibitionistic (adj), flasher (n), show-off (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Exhibitionist |
| Non-English Usage: "Exhibitionist" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. German (exhibitionist), Swedish (exhibitionist). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | He was also the most shameless exhibitionist since Barnum & Bailey (Lawrence of Arabia; writing credit: T.E. Lawrence; Robert Bolt) Playing strip poker with an exhibitionist somehow takes the challenge away (Metropolitan; writing credit: Whit Stillman) | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Exhibitionist Files (2002) | |
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Books | |
Theater & Movies | |
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| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Paul Harvey | Probably, he's some of an exhibitionist. But, also, when we pray for guidance, and doors continue to open instead of close, a person comes to think of his job as an obligation. To enlighten and inform. |
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| "Exhibitionist" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Exhibitionist" is used about 29 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% | 29 | 64,444 |
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 "exhibitionist"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | eksibitionist. (various references) | |
Arabic | كاشف (revealer, revealing), إفتضاحى, إظهارى. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | ексхибиционист. (various references) | |
Chinese | 好表现者. (various references) | |
Czech | exhibicionista. (various references) | |
French | exhibitionniste, exhibilitionniste. (various references) | |
German | exhibitionist. (various references) | |
Greek | επιδειξίασ (show off). (various references) | |
Hebrew | חשפן. (various references) | |
Hungarian | magamutogató, exhibicionista (flasher). (various references) | |
Italian | esibizionista (show off). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 露出狂 . (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ろしゅつきょう. (various references) | |
Korean | 노출증 환자. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | exhibitionistay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | exibicionista (pretentious). (various references) | |
Russian | эксгибиционист (flasher). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | egzibicionista. (various references) | |
Spanish | exhibicionista (showman). (various references) | |
Swedish | exhibitionist, blottare (flasher). (various references) | |
Turkish | teşhirci, gösterimci (projectionist). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | ексгібіціоніст. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "exhibitionist": exhibitionistic, exhibitionistically, exhibitionists. (additional references) | |
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"Exhibitionist" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: exibitionist. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "exhibitionist" (pronounced e'ksubi"shunust) |
| 7 | -i" sh u n u s t | abolitionist, nutritionist. |
| 6 | -sh u n u s t | abortionist, conservationist, contortionist, impressionist, expressionist, interventionist, isolationist, obstructionist, preservationist, protectionist, receptionist, reservationist, revolutionist, secessionist, segregationist. |
| 5 | -u n u s t | agonist, antagonist, anticommunist, arsonist, accompanist, botanist, chauvinist, colonist, communist, illusionist, determinist, feminist, misogynist, organist, protagonist, unionist. |
| 4 | -n u s t | balloonist, cartoonist, cleanest, columnist, hygienist, dishonest, earnest, finest, funnest, greenest, gymnast, harnessed, honest, internist, keenest, leanest, machinist, meanest, modernist, noncommunist, opportunist, pianist, soonest, sternest, tannest, thinnest, violinist, witnessed. |
| 3 | -u s t | agriculturalist, agronomist, alarmist, alchemist, allergist, amethyst, amorist, analyst, anarchist, anatomist, anesthesiologist, anesthetist, angriest, animist, anthropologist, apologist, apprenticed, aquarist, archaeologist, archivist, absolutist, ablest, activist, artist, atheist, August, ballast, barest, behaviorist, biased, bicyclist, biggest, biochemist, biologist, bitterest, blackest, bleakest, bloodiest, bluest, bluntest, boldest, bravest, breakfast, briefest, brightest, broadest, busiest, buttressed, calloused, canoeist, canvassed, capitalist, cardiologist, caricaturist, catalyst, cellist, cheapest, choicest, clarinetist, classicist, closest, coldest, colonialist, conversationalist, coolest, cornettist, craziest, creamiest, criminologist, cruelest, cultist, cyclist, darkest, idealist, ideologist, immunologist, imperialist, deadliest, dearest, deepest, deforest, deist, densest, dentist, dermatologist, direst, dirtiest, disinterest, driest, druggist, dullest, dumbest, earliest, easiest, ecologist, economist, editorialist, eldest, elitist, embarrassed, empiricist, encompassed, encyclopedist, endocrinologist, entomologist, environmentalist, epidemiologist, ethicist, ethnomusicologist, exorcist, extremist, faintest, fairest, fanciest, farthest, fascist, fastest, fattest, federalist, fetishist, fewest, fiercest, finalist, firmest, fittest, flimsiest, florist, focused, focussed, foggiest, fondest, forest, formalist, freest, freshest, friendliest, fullest, fundamentalist, funniest, furthest, generalist, geneticist, gentlest, geologist, gerontologist, goldest, grandest, gravest, grayest, greatest, greediest, grimaced, grimmest, grooviest, guitarist, gynecologist, happiest, hardest, harshest, harvest, healthiest, heaviest, heftiest, herbalist, highest, hippest, hobbyist, holiest, hottest, hugest, humblest, humorist, individualist, industrialist, institutionalist, instrumentalist, interest, internationalist, jaundiced, journalist, juiciest, junkiest, kindest, kremlinologist, largest, latest, laziest, leftist, librettist, lightest, likeliest, linguist, littlest, liveliest, lobbyist, locust, longest, loudest, lowest, loyalist, luckiest, lyricist, manicurist, mannerist, masochist, materialist, medalist, mercantilist, merest, meteorologist, methodist, microbiologist, mightiest, mildest, mineralogist, modest, monopolist, motorcyclist, motorist, musicologist, narrowest, nastiest, nationalist, naturalist, nearest, neatest, neediest, neurologist, neuroscientist, neutralist, newest, noblest, noisiest, nonconformist, noninterest, noticed, novelist, oboist, oddest, oldest, oncologist, ophthalmologist, orthodontist, orthopedist, pacifist, paleontologist, palest, panelist, pathologist, pessimist, pharmacist, philanthropist, photojournalist, physiologist, polemicist, poorest, populist, prefaced, prejudiced, premised, prettiest, priciest, promised, propagandist, proudest, psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, psychologist, psychotherapist, purchased, purest, quickest, quietest, quietist, racist, radiologist, rainforest, rainiest, rapist, rarest, reddest, refocused, reforest, remotest, repurchased, reservist, resurfaced, rheumatologist, richest, rightist, riskiest, ritziest, roughest, rudest, saddest, sadist, safest, satirist, savviest, scariest, scientist, secularist, seismologist, semifinalist, separatist, serologist, serviced, severest, sexiest, shakiest, sharpest, shortest, showiest, shrewdest, sickest, silliest, simplest, skimpiest, skinniest, sleekest, slickest, slightest, slimmest, sloppiest, slowest, smallest, smartest, smoggiest, smoothest, socialist, sociologist, softest, soundest, specialist, spiritualist, stablest, staunchest, steepest, stickiest, stiffest, stormiest, strangest, strategist, strictest, strongest, stupidest, supremacist, surest, surfaced, survivalist, sweetest, swiftest, tallest, technologist, televangelist, tempest, terraced, theorist, therapist, thickest, thorniest, tightest, tiniest, toniest, toughest, tourist, toxicologist, traditionalist, trendiest, trickiest, truest, ugliest, ultranationalist, unbiased, unfocused, unkindest, unnoticed, urologist, violist, virologist, vocalist, warmest, weakest, wealthiest, weirdest, wettest, whitest, widest, wildest, wisest, worthiest, yellowest, youngest, zaniest, zoologist. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-e-h-i-i-i-i-n-o-s-t-t-x" | |
-2 letters: exhibitions. | |
-3 letters: exhibition. | |
-5 letters: biotites, exhibits, inhibits, sixtieth, stibnite. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-e-h-i-i-i-i-n-o-s-t-t-x" | |
+1 letter: exhibitionists. | |
+2 letters: exhibitionistic. | |
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