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Definition of exhibitionism in English: exhibitionismnoun ɛksɪˈbɪʃ(ə)nɪz(ə)mˌɛksəˈbɪʃəˌnɪzəm mass noun1Extravagant behaviour that is intended to attract attention to oneself. Example sentencesExamples - Behavioral exhibitionism is perhaps harder to implement than additions to your wardrobe.
- There was, of course, the same mixture of philanthropy, corporate PR and silly exhibitionism we have come to expect from charity bashes akin to Children in Need and Comic Relief.
- These parents may be desperate, but by coming into this environment they are abandoning therapy for exhibitionism.
- But all this sound and fury is mainly exhibitionism - politicians pretending they're saving the planet.
- The roommates - barely legal, scared, nervous and prone to idiotic exhibitionism - are abandoned in foreign cities, with lots of money and practically nothing to do.
- Weblogs seem both the perfect medium for exhibitionism on many levels and also the perfect medium for creating connections.
- I thought at first it was about exhibitionism, but a less cynical view is that they are trying to meet a common human need of finding connection.
- His outrageous behaviour, on and off stage, was not only due to drug abuse but also to a need to rebel against the restrictions of his background, mixed in with a fair measure of exhibitionism and a desire to be someone special.
- The gym was often almost empty when Christopher was there, and perhaps Pilates knew instinctively that Christopher would be a suitable audience for his exhibitionism.
- In contrast, the other three value speech as a means to an end - that of self-expression and enlightenment or, at least, exhibitionism.
- More showpiece than serious contest, it is the culmination of three days of gratuitous exhibitionism in which the clean-cut, vibrant face of the NBA is touted at every turn.
- The affectless voyeurism and exhibitionism of reality TV has undoubtedly inspired the movie.
- There, the rites of passage from one phase of social existence to the next are bound by rules that eliminate exhibitionism, and that includes a strict dress code.
- Call it solipsism or exhibitionism if you will, but somehow it feels inadequate just sitting here alone with my memories, I want to tell everybody about what this city, these people, this time, meant to me.
- His behaviour was legal, if unsavoury, and has, as far as I can tell, absolutely no relevant bearing on his candidacy, unless he's campaigning on a platform of outlawing exhibitionism.
- What is written appears to be out of emotional necessity, with no patience for flashy baroque flourishes or camped-up emotional exhibitionism.
- She cocoons the viewer in her extravagant exhibitionism.
- With the growing popularity of body art - tattoos, piercings, skin scratching and so on - comes a new level of exhibitionism.
- I am talking about the type of exhibitionism, or flaunting of oneself, or showing-off, or whatever else one might choose to call it.
- You can keep your distance, you can keep your head beneath the parapet - but surely it's disingenuous to insinuate that bloggers don't do it, at least in part, for adulation, audience or exhibitionism.
Synonyms ostentation, showiness, show, showing off, ostentatiousness, pretentiousness, pretension, vulgarity, conspicuousness, obtrusiveness, display, flamboyance, gaudiness, garishness, tawdriness, meretriciousness, brashness, loudness, extravagance, ornateness, theatricality - 1.1Psychiatry A mental condition characterized by the compulsion to display one's genitals in public.
Example sentencesExamples - In psychiatry, a male's need for exhibitionism could be seen as a reaction against castration anxiety.
- The sexual activity may include fondling, oral-genital, genital and anal contact, as well as exhibitionism, voyeurism and exposure to pornography.
- Crane apparently has a propensity for rape and sexual exhibitionism but does not experience irresistible compulsions or an absolute volitional impairment.
- Crane has also been diagnosed as suffering from exhibitionism and anti-social personality disorder.
- Judith, for instance, has the beginnings of a sexually acting out behavior called exhibitionism.
Definition of exhibitionism in US English: exhibitionismnounˌeksəˈbiSHəˌnizəmˌɛksəˈbɪʃəˌnɪzəm 1Extravagant behavior that is intended to attract attention to oneself. Example sentencesExamples - These parents may be desperate, but by coming into this environment they are abandoning therapy for exhibitionism.
- The gym was often almost empty when Christopher was there, and perhaps Pilates knew instinctively that Christopher would be a suitable audience for his exhibitionism.
- The roommates - barely legal, scared, nervous and prone to idiotic exhibitionism - are abandoned in foreign cities, with lots of money and practically nothing to do.
- His outrageous behaviour, on and off stage, was not only due to drug abuse but also to a need to rebel against the restrictions of his background, mixed in with a fair measure of exhibitionism and a desire to be someone special.
- She cocoons the viewer in her extravagant exhibitionism.
- There, the rites of passage from one phase of social existence to the next are bound by rules that eliminate exhibitionism, and that includes a strict dress code.
- The affectless voyeurism and exhibitionism of reality TV has undoubtedly inspired the movie.
- There was, of course, the same mixture of philanthropy, corporate PR and silly exhibitionism we have come to expect from charity bashes akin to Children in Need and Comic Relief.
- But all this sound and fury is mainly exhibitionism - politicians pretending they're saving the planet.
- His behaviour was legal, if unsavoury, and has, as far as I can tell, absolutely no relevant bearing on his candidacy, unless he's campaigning on a platform of outlawing exhibitionism.
- You can keep your distance, you can keep your head beneath the parapet - but surely it's disingenuous to insinuate that bloggers don't do it, at least in part, for adulation, audience or exhibitionism.
- More showpiece than serious contest, it is the culmination of three days of gratuitous exhibitionism in which the clean-cut, vibrant face of the NBA is touted at every turn.
- Behavioral exhibitionism is perhaps harder to implement than additions to your wardrobe.
- I thought at first it was about exhibitionism, but a less cynical view is that they are trying to meet a common human need of finding connection.
- Call it solipsism or exhibitionism if you will, but somehow it feels inadequate just sitting here alone with my memories, I want to tell everybody about what this city, these people, this time, meant to me.
- With the growing popularity of body art - tattoos, piercings, skin scratching and so on - comes a new level of exhibitionism.
- I am talking about the type of exhibitionism, or flaunting of oneself, or showing-off, or whatever else one might choose to call it.
- Weblogs seem both the perfect medium for exhibitionism on many levels and also the perfect medium for creating connections.
- What is written appears to be out of emotional necessity, with no patience for flashy baroque flourishes or camped-up emotional exhibitionism.
- In contrast, the other three value speech as a means to an end - that of self-expression and enlightenment or, at least, exhibitionism.
Synonyms ostentation, showiness, show, showing off, ostentatiousness, pretentiousness, pretension, vulgarity, conspicuousness, obtrusiveness, display, flamboyance, gaudiness, garishness, tawdriness, meretriciousness, brashness, loudness, extravagance, ornateness, theatricality - 1.1Psychiatry A mental condition characterized by the compulsion to display one's genitals in public.
Example sentencesExamples - Crane has also been diagnosed as suffering from exhibitionism and anti-social personality disorder.
- The sexual activity may include fondling, oral-genital, genital and anal contact, as well as exhibitionism, voyeurism and exposure to pornography.
- Crane apparently has a propensity for rape and sexual exhibitionism but does not experience irresistible compulsions or an absolute volitional impairment.
- In psychiatry, a male's need for exhibitionism could be seen as a reaction against castration anxiety.
- Judith, for instance, has the beginnings of a sexually acting out behavior called exhibitionism.
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