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voyeurism|vwɑːˈjɜːrɪz(ə)m|
[f. prec. + -ism.]
The state or condition of being a voyeur; scopophilia. Also transf. and fig.
1924J. S. van Teslaar tr. Stekel's Disorders of Instincts & Emotions II. 341 Voyeurism, erotic gratification experienced at looking at another's sexual organs; morbid desire to peep into secrets. 1927Bryan & Strachey tr. K. Abraham's Sel. Papers iii. 83 If sublimation does not take place then a perversion (voyeurism and exhibitionism) arises. 1953E. Podolsky Encycl. Abberrations 538/1 Voyeurism takes the place of the normal sexual act. 1958Oxf. Mag. 8 May 409/1 Oxford..seems to appeal to a disagreeable mixture of envy and voyeurism. 1969Daily Tel. 25 Apr. 19/5 There is a feeling that more and more actresses are being asked to take their clothes off at auditions..as a form of voyeurism. 1976Listener 25 Nov. 682/3 A beggar's expression captured by a camera costing enough to feed, clothe and house him for..maybe five years. Is this kind of photography good or bad?.. Is it just an obscene form of voyeurism, a record of what one privileged class finds quaint or interesting in another? 1980Times Lit. Suppl. 7 Nov. 1258/3 Rain on the Roof is not much more than the averagely good television play featuring voyeurism, adultery and sudden bloody death. 1985Times 21 Jan. 3/3 Many senior politicians have been appalled by the fate of the women, whose sexual activities have been exposed in a bout of national voyeurism. |