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exhibitionism

noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ɛksɪˈbɪʃənɪzm/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

The practice or character trait of deliberately drawing attention to oneself.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The practice or character trait of deliberately displaying one's genitals, female nipples, or buttocks in public for sexual gratification.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

the perverse act of exposing and attracting attention to your own genitals

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: immodesty

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: paraphilia

4

noun

Meaning 4

extravagant and conspicuous behavior intended to attract attention to yourself

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: ostentation, fanfare, flash

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English exhibition Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English exhibitionism From exhibition + -ism.

Across languages

Translations

45 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: էքսհիբիցիոնիզմ (ēkʻshibicʻionizm) — practice of drawing attention to oneself
  • Bulgarian: ексхибициони́зъм (ekshibicionízǎm) — practice of drawing attention to oneself
  • Catalan: exhibicionisme — practice of drawing attention to oneself
  • Czech: exhibicionismus — practice of drawing attention to oneself
  • Czech: exhibicionizmus — practice of drawing attention to oneself
  • Dutch: exhibitionisme — practice of drawing attention to oneself
  • Finnish: ekshibitionismi — practice of drawing attention to oneself
  • French: exhibitionnisme — practice of drawing attention to oneself
  • Galician: exhibicionismo — practice of drawing attention to oneself
  • Georgian: ექსჰიბიციონიზმი (ekshibicionizmi) — practice of drawing attention to oneself
  • German: Exhibitionismus — practice of drawing attention to oneself
  • Greek: επιδειξιομανία (epideixiomanía) — practice of drawing attention to oneself
  • Italian: esibizionismo — practice of drawing attention to oneself
  • Portuguese: exibicionismo — practice of drawing attention to oneself
  • Romanian: exhibiționism — practice of drawing attention to oneself
  • Russian: эксгибициони́зм (eksgibicionízm) — practice of drawing attention to oneself
  • Serbo-Croatian: егзибиционизам — practice of drawing attention to oneself
  • Serbo-Croatian: egzibicionizam — practice of drawing attention to oneself
  • Spanish: exhibicionismo — practice of drawing attention to oneself
  • Swedish: exhibitionism — practice of drawing attention to oneself
  • Ukrainian: ексгібіціоні́зм (ekshibicionízm) — practice of drawing attention to oneself
  • Welsh: arddangosiaeth — practice of drawing attention to oneself
  • Catalan: exhibicionisme — practice of displaying one's private bodily parts in public
  • Chinese Mandarin: 暴露癖 (bàolùpǐ) — practice of displaying one's private bodily parts in public
  • Chinese Mandarin: 露陰癖 /露阴癖 (lùyīnpǐ) — practice of displaying one's private bodily parts in public
  • Chinese Mandarin: 露體癖 /露体癖 (lùtǐpǐ) — practice of displaying one's private bodily parts in public
  • Esperanto: ekshibicio — practice of displaying one's private bodily parts in public
  • Esperanto: elmontremo — practice of displaying one's private bodily parts in public
  • Finnish: pröystäilynhalu — practice of displaying one's private bodily parts in public
  • French: exhibitionnisme — practice of displaying one's private bodily parts in public
  • Galician: exhibicionismo — practice of displaying one's private bodily parts in public
  • Georgian: ექსჰიბიციონიზმი (ekshibicionizmi) — practice of displaying one's private bodily parts in public
  • German: Exhibitionismus — practice of displaying one's private bodily parts in public
  • Greek: επιδειξιομανία (epideixiomanía) — practice of displaying one's private bodily parts in public
  • Italian: esibizionismo — practice of displaying one's private bodily parts in public
  • Japanese: 露出症 (roshutsushō) — practice of displaying one's private bodily parts in public
  • Korean: 노출증 (nochuljeung) — practice of displaying one's private bodily parts in public
  • Polish: ekshibicjonizm — practice of displaying one's private bodily parts in public
  • Portuguese: exibicionismo — practice of displaying one's private bodily parts in public
  • Romanian: exhibiționism — practice of displaying one's private bodily parts in public
  • Russian: эксгибициони́зм (eksgibicionízm) — practice of displaying one's private bodily parts in public
  • Spanish: exhibicionismo — practice of displaying one's private bodily parts in public
  • Swedish: exhibitionism — practice of displaying one's private bodily parts in public
  • Swedish: blottande — practice of displaying one's private bodily parts in public
  • Swedish: blottning — practice of displaying one's private bodily parts in public