单词 | exhibitionism |
释义 | exhibitionism (once / 18382 pages) n Exhibitionism Is acting in a way that deliberately and extravagantly draws attention to yourself. Your brother's exhibitionism might lead him to wear a colorful wig and a tuxedo for the first day of school. There is a kind of exhibitionism that is considered a psychiatric illness — generally, this involves being naked, or partially naked, in public. The more ordinary type of exhibitionism also involves behavior that attracts notice, but it might be singing and dancing in a mall, wearing eccentric clothing, or another conspicuous way of acting. Exhibitionism comes from exhibit, "action of displaying," from the Latin exhibere, "to show or display." WORD FAMILYexhibitionism: exhibitionisms, exhibitionist, exhibitionistic+/exhibit: exhibited, exhibiting, exhibition, exhibitor, exhibits/exhibition: exhibitioner, exhibitionism, exhibitions/exhibitioner: exhibitioners/exhibitionist: exhibitionists/exhibitor: exhibitors USAGE EXAMPLES“We were really interested in the exhibitionism of the Internet,” says Levenson, who wrote the script from an idea by Pasek and Paul. Los Angeles Times(Dec 01, 2016) Think of “Exhibitionism” as the King Tut exhibition for the dad-jeans set. New York Times(Nov 09, 2016) The accusations of narcissism and exhibitionism would be familiar to most reality TV competitors since the third series of Big Brother UK. BBC(Oct 17, 2016) 1n extravagant and conspicuous behavior intended to attract attention to yourself Hyper fanfare, flash, ostentation a gaudy outward display 2n the perverse act of exposing and attracting attention to your own genitals Syn|Hyper immodesty paraphilia abnormal sexual activity |
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