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Perversion in which a person receives sexual gratification from seeing the genitalia of others or witnessing others' sexual behavior
Answer for the clue "Perversion in which a person receives sexual gratification from seeing the genitalia of others or witnessing others' sexual behavior ", 9 letters:
voyeurism
Word definitions for voyeurism in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. perversion in which a person receives sexual gratification from seeing the genitalia of others or witnessing others' sexual behavior
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Voyeurism is the sexual interest in or practice of spying on people engaged in intimate behaviors, such as undressing, sexual activity , or other actions usually considered to be of a private nature. The voyeur does not normally interact directly with the ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 The derivation of sexual satisfaction by watching people secretly, especially when those being watched are undressed or engaging in sexual activity. 2 (context by extension English) The derivation of satisfaction by obsessively watching or following ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"scopophilia," 1913, from voyeur + -ism .
Usage examples of voyeurism.
Something else that Kim tapped into is the thrill of exhibitionism and voyeurism, which figure dominantly in more than 80 percent of sexual fantasies.
But the pale, wan Martian thing which parallels tumultuous human sexuality gave him no foundation for grokking either narcissism or voyeurism, modesty or display.
To put it in highbrow for you: mass voyeurism is a typical consequence of the cybernetic revolution, and you aren't going to curb it by invoking prerevolution methods.