voyeuristic
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- adjective
- /vɔɪˈjʊrɪstɪk/
- Offensive
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voyeurista
- I am not a suicidal person myself; my fascination is, I suppose, partly voyeuristic and partly scientific.
- voyeuristic pleasure
- voyeuristic gaze
- voyeuristic camera
And that's all we're going to be is a bunch of voyeuristic flash in the pan stories.
- And that's all we're going to be is a bunch of voyeuristic flash in the pan stories.
Examples
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The film's voyeuristic theme explores the consequences of spying on others without their consent.
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I mean, we have had a beautiful, voyeuristic, tender relationship with you for a long time.
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On Twitter, I felt much more like a voyeuristic observer than I did a part of a conversation.
Academic text (2014) -
I mean, people are going to go see this out of a voyeuristic, ghoulish desire to see the scene in which the woman was killed.
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Captain Williams, who had never killed anyone, had an insatiable, almost voyeuristic curiosity about the nature of the act.
Fiction book (1995) -
The book repels the voyeuristic gaze of the Western subject who looks upon black Africa as something primal.
Academic text (2008) -
A harsh critic might easily accuse them of offering a voyeuristic opportunity or of colonizing atrocity.
Academic text (2008) -
In our voyeuristic culture, reality shows often reveal the private lives of celebrities.
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His voyeuristic tendencies made him uncomfortable as he watched his neighbors through the window.
Synonyms
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Having too much interest in sex that makes other people uncomfortable
Being too interested in watching people in private moments
Feeling sexual pleasure from looking at other people
How Voyeuristic
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Voyeuristic comes from voyeur, a French word for someone who watches, which comes from voir 'to see' and is the same root as the English word view, while the ending -istic means 'related to'. So voyeuristic describes enjoying secretly watching other people's private life, often in a sexual way.