Definitions
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- noun psychology The attainment of
sexual pleasure fromwatching other people have sex.
Etymologies
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From German Mixoscopie, from Ancient Greek μίξις (miksis, "intercourse") + German -skopie ‘-scopy’. Reportedly coined by Albert Moll (1862–1939).
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Examples
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Founded on the sense of vision also we find a phenomenon, bordering on the abnormal, which is by Moll termed mixoscopy.
Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 4 Sexual Selection In Man Havelock Ellis 1899
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In such a case, when the motives that led up to the episode are obscure, we must not too hastily assume that masochism or even mixoscopy is involved.
Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 4 Sexual Selection In Man Havelock Ellis 1899
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Moll considers that in some cases mixoscopy is related to masochism.
Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 4 Sexual Selection In Man Havelock Ellis 1899
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