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voyeuristic, a.|vwɑːjɜːˈrɪstɪk| [f. as prec. + -istic.] Of or pertaining to voyeurism. Cf. voyeurist a.
1929in Calverton & Schmalhausen Sex in Civilization 593 One day when we were stopping at a hotel he made me gratify his voyeuristic tendency. 1960Arch. Gen. Psychiatry III. 317/2 N. T. is interesting because of his unusual voyeuristic habits. 1973Daily Tel. 12 June 14/2 The British censor has made his cutting mark..so that the camera does not linger with quite the same sort of voyeuristic dedication as it did when the original version was shown at the Berlin Film Festival. 1981Times 14 Sept. 18/8 The dangers of ‘voyeuristic’ leisure centred on the television set. 1984Listener 26 Apr. 38/3 A certain arrogance in their dealings with the Divis Street tenants, a voyeuristic interest in the more sensational aspects of life in Belfast. Hence voyeuˈristically adv.
1967Spectator 14 July 48/1 The sexual autobiography..of a Victorian gentleman who early in life became voyeuristically obsessed. 1982New Musical Express 30 Oct. 28/1 A slick, flashy, voyeuristically nasty horror movie. 1985Times 6 Mar. 10/1 The fact that the majority of AIDS patients are homosexual dramatizes the illness almost voyeuristically for the population at large. |