scoptophilia

[skoh-puh-fil-ee-uh]

sco·po·phil·i·a

[skoh-puh-fil-ee-uh]
noun Psychiatry.
the obtaining of sexual pleasure by looking at nude bodies, erotic photographs, etc.
Also, scop·to·phil·i·a [skop-tuh-fil-ee-uh] .


Origin:
1920–25; < Neo-Latin; see -scope, -o-, -philia

sco·po·phil·i·ac [skoh-puh-fil-ee-ak] , scop·to·phil·i·ac [skop-tuh-fil-ee-ak] , noun, adjective
sco·po·phil·ic, scop·to·phil·ic, adjective
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Scoptophilia is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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Main Entry:  scoptophilia
Part of Speech:  n
Definition:  sexual stimulation or satisfaction from looking at naked people, most often without their knowledge; a love of looking at people in this way; also called scopophilia, voyeurism
Etymology:  Greek skopeo 'to view'
Main Entry:  scoptophilia
Part of Speech:  n
Definition:  See scopophilia
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