voyeuristn.adj.
/vwɑːˈjəːrɪst/ A. n.
= voyeur n. 1.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > types of sexual behaviour > [noun] > voyeurism > person
peeping Tom1769
voyeur1900
scopophilic1931
scoptophilist1931
pimp1940
scopophiliac1940
voyeurist1955
dogger1982
1955 J. F. Oliven Sexual Hygiene & Pathol. xxi. 424 The severe ‘compulsive’ voyeurist..is an obsessed..individual.
B. adj.
= voyeuristic adj.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > types of sexual behaviour > [adjective] > voyeuristic
mixoscopic1903
voyeuristic1929
scoptophile1930
scopophilic1931
scopophiliac1940
voyeurist1960
1960 Guardian 6 Jan. 1/7 One father..‘yielding to his exhibitionist-voyeurist impulses’, regularly went off and joined a nudist colony.
1970 G. Greer Female Eunuch 165 Such observers have a vested interest in the detection of love affairs because of the particular voyeurist pleasures they afford.
1980 Times Lit. Suppl. 3 Oct. 1112/3 The cool meticulous detail in which these and other depravities are related..has an obsessive and at times voyeurist tone.
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n.adj.1955