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mixoscopy

/mɪkˈsɒskəpi/

mixoscopy noun: the attainment of sexual pleasure from watching other people have sex.

Noun

mixoscopy (uncountable)

  1. The attainment of sexual pleasure from watching other people have sex.
    • Founded on the sense of vision also we find a phenomenon, bordering on the abnormal, which is by Moll termed mixoscopy. This means the sexual pleasure derived from the spectacle of other persons engaged in natural or perverse sexual actions.1927, Havelock Ellis, Studies in the Psychology of Sex, volume 4, page 299
    • Among the ancient Tyrrhenians also mixoscopy was prevalent.1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 157

Origin of mixoscopy

Borrowed from German Mixoscopie, from Ancient Greek μίξις (míxis, “intercourse”) + German -skopie (“-scopy”). Reportedly coined by Albert Moll (1862–1939).

Questions about mixoscopy

What does mixoscopy mean?
Mixoscopy means the attainment of sexual pleasure from watching other people have sex.
What part of speech is mixoscopy?
Mixoscopy is a noun.
How do you pronounce mixoscopy?
Mixoscopy is pronounced /mɪkˈsɒskəpi/.

Words near mixoscopy in the dictionary

  1. mixosaurid
  2. mixosaurids
  3. mixoscopia
  4. mixoscopias
  5. mixoscopic
  6. mixoscopy
  7. mixotope
  8. mixotopes
  9. mixotroph
  10. mixotrophic
  11. mixotrophically

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