scopophilia /sco·po·phil·ia/ (sko″po-fil´e-ah) usually, voyeurism, but it is sometimes divided into active and passive forms, active s. being voyeurism and passive s. being exhibitionism.
scopophilia
sco·po·phil·i·a (sk  p -f l  -)n. See voyeurism. |
scopophilia
[skō′pəfil′ē·ə, skop′-]
Etymology: Gk, skopein, to look, philein, to love
1 sexual pleasure derived from looking at sexually stimulating scenes or at another person's genitals; voyeurism.
2 a morbid desire to be seen; exhibitionism. Also called scoptophilia. scopophiliac, scopophilic, scoptophiliac, scoptophilic, adj., n.
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