Scopophilia


noun, Psychiatry.
1.
the obtaining of sexual pleasure by looking at nude bodies, erotic photographs, etc.
noun

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 scoptophilia , voyeurism

See scoptophilia
Word Origin

Greek skopeo ‘to view’

scopophilia sco·po·phil·i·a (skō’pə-fĭl’ē-ə)
n.
See voyeurism.

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