voyeuristically
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- adverb
- /vɔɪˈjɜrɪstɪkli/
- Offensive
- He watched the reality show voyeuristically, eager to catch a glimpse of the contestants' private lives.
Examples
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While Martha helps her apply her makeup and prepare her body for the show, the reader voyeuristically observes the description of Selena's genitals: #
Academic text (2017) -
It could be said that rather than travelers learning through exposure to other cultures, they instead treat the experience voyeuristically and unintentionally exploit the local community.
Academic text (2011) -
For the voyeuristically inclined, the advent of huge multi-giga-pixel images means zooming and panning indefinitely across an endless sea of visual detail.
Blog text (19) -
"As an anthropologist, of course, she reverses the power relations of ethnographic filmmaking by voyeuristically examining the dominant straight culture from a marginal point of view."
Fiction book (2002) -
She voyeuristically observed her neighbors from her window, curious about their daily routines.
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The film portrayed the characters voyeuristically, exploring their hidden desires and secrets.
Surface Forms
Morphology
voyeuristically = voyeuristic (transparent) = voyeur + istic + ally
The adverb is a regular -ally formation from the adjective 'voyeuristic', which directly relates to 'voyeur'.
Etymology
Voyeuristically comes from the French word voyeur, based on voir which means 'to see'. So to watch someone voyeuristically is like being a secret viewer—looking at others quietly out of private curiosity or sexual interest.