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scoptophilia

scoptophilia is the alternative form of scopophilia.

Meaning of scopophilia

Noun

scopophilia (uncountable)

  1. 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

Questions about scoptophilia

What is scoptophilia the alternative form of?
Scoptophilia is the alternative form of scopophilia.

Words near scoptophilia in the dictionary

  1. scoptic
  2. scoptical
  3. scoptically
  4. scoptophile
  5. scoptophiles
  6. scoptophilia
  7. scoptophiliac
  8. scoptophiliacs
  9. scoptophilic
  10. scoptophobia
  11. scopula

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Adapted from Wiktionary: scoptophilia (page history and authors); scopophilia (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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