EXHIBITIONISM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does exhibitionism mean? 

• EXHIBITIONISM (noun)
  The noun EXHIBITIONISM has 2 senses:

1. extravagant and conspicuous behavior intended to attract attention to yourself

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

  Familiarity information: EXHIBITIONISM used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EXHIBITIONISM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Extravagant and conspicuous behavior intended to attract attention to yourself

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("exhibitionism" is a kind of...):

fanfare; flash; ostentation (a gaudy outward display)

Derivation:

exhibitionist (someone who deliberately behaves in such a way as to attract attention)

exhibitionistic (compulsively attracting attention to yourself especially by public exposure or exaggerated behavior)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

exhibitionism; immodesty

Hypernyms ("exhibitionism" is a kind of...):

paraphilia (abnormal sexual activity)

Derivation:

exhibitionist (someone with a compulsive desire to expose the genitals)