Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. The derivation of sexual satisfaction by watching people secretly, especially when those being watched are undressed or engaging in sexual activity.
- n. The derivation of satisfaction by obsessively watching or following sensational or sordid subjects.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a perversion in which a person receives sexual gratification from seeing the genitalia of others or witnessing others' sexual behavior
Examples
“Yet this hopelessly overbroad generalization about the connection between art and life that motivates 600-page biographies of writers and artists is what is usually trotted out as justification for these exercises in voyeurism and speculation.”
“As the sites gain traffic, home-price voyeurism is reaching new heights.”
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“Peeping through the lowered venetians of yesteryear (recollection as a species of voyeurism is very Ishiguro), the retrovert is privy to a series of partial visions that eventually reveal a life guided by calamitous misapprehension on his part.”
“This is called voyeurism, which is the only real sexual kink some of these books are engaged in., are you reading this ..?”
“There’s a crime defined as voyeurism which encompasses pepping tom-esque behavior, but I can’t find any reference to the actual phrase anywhere.”
“Good list, butI think in the truest sense of the word voyeurism you should have included Dancing at the Blue Iguana.”
“Aside from the matter of expensively educated men in white coats calling voyeurism 'science' Ms R reckons that there are plenty of women who would fake an orgasm for the latest Balenciaga handbag.”
“The reporter called the police, however, an officer told him that his phone would be confiscated as evidence for a charge of 'voyeurism' unless he agreed to delete the images.”
“Dr Yawei Liu, director of the Carter Centre's China Programme, also warned against the "voyeurism" of Pekingologists trying to decipher inner party rivalries.”
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hikikomori, ersatz, angst, barbecue, algebra, macho, burlesque, garage, voyeurism, avatar, jungle, looting and 15 more...
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