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exhibitionism
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exhibitionism
Psychiatry a compulsive desire to expose one's genital organs publicly

exhibitionism [‚ek·sə′bish·ə‚niz·əm]
(psychology)
A sexual perversion in which pleasure is obtained by exposing the genitalia.
In psychoanalysis, gratification of early sexual impulses in young children by physical activity, such as dancing.
Any attracting of attention to oneself.


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With millions of Internet exhibitionists and cell-phone camera snoops collectively functioning as an open-source Big Brother, how much need is there for the government's electronic eyes?
The law can thus apply even to ``Romeo and Juliet'' cases of consenting teens who yielded to their roaring hormones, or to exhibitionists, peeping Toms, and other relatively harmless types.
Though he's an avowed exhibitionist, having performed in X-rated scenes in Bruce La Bruce's Skin Flick (a.
 
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