scopophilia
Syllables: sco·po·phil·iaUK/skɒ.pəʊˈfɪ.li.ə/US/skɑ.poʊˈfɪ.li.ə/
scopophilia noun: a paraphilia for observing sexually stimulating scenes, as a substitute for participation in a sexual relationship.
Noun
scopophilia (uncountable)
- A paraphilia for observing sexually stimulating scenes, as a substitute for participation in a sexual relationship.
- At first feeling somewhat inhibited in his watching by Sam's presence (perhaps due to an inferiority complex), Jake freely indulges in his scopophilia once the other man is gone, growing excited by the sight of this woman whose dance includes undressing, donning some jewels, and then stroking...2015, Douglas Keesey, Brian De Palma's Split-Screen: A Life in Film
- Synonyms:
- scopophilism
Synonyms of scopophilia
Forms of scopophilia
| alternative form | scoptophilia |
|---|---|
| alternative form | skoptophilia |
Origin of scopophilia
From Ancient Greek σκοπός (skopós, “watcher”) + English -philia. First attested in the 1920s. The alternative spellings scoptophilia and skoptophilia originated as mistakes in the translations of the works of Austrian psychiatrist Sigmund Freud (1856–1939).
Words that rhyme with scopophilia
- aquaphilia
- bibliophilia
- biophilia
- microphilia
- necrophilia
- philia
- -philia
- ephebophilia
- geophilia
- gerontophilia
- pedophilia
- trichophilia
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- vorarephilia
- xenophilia
- zoophilia
- androphilia
- aptophilia
- asphyxiophilia
- autoandrogynemorphophilia
- autoandrophilia
- autogynandromorphophilia
- autogynephilia
- autonepiophilia
- cilia
- claustrophilia
- coprophilia
- discophilia
- eproctophilia
- glossophilia
- haemophilia
- inflatophilia
- Japanophilia
- juvenilia
- Kabylia
- klismaphilia
- Laconophilia
- limnophilia
- lithophilia
- logophilia
- lygophilia
- macrophilia
- milia
- nyctophilia
- opacarophilia
- plushophilia
- sillier
- teratophilia
- urophilia
Questions about scopophilia
- What does scopophilia mean?
- Scopophilia means a paraphilia for observing sexually stimulating scenes, as a substitute for participation in a sexual relationship.
- What part of speech is scopophilia?
- Scopophilia is a noun.
- How do you pronounce scopophilia?
- Scopophilia is pronounced /skɒ.pəʊˈfɪ.li.ə/ (UK).
Words near scopophilia in the dictionary
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