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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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All of this suggests the not-so-sublime character of the avant-garde artist who is stuck in adolescence--who is more into expression than organization,[19] and who uses perversity as a way of hiding (from him- or herself as well as from others) while seeming to reveal his or her true self exhibitionistically.
 
 
 
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