Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A degenerate who obeys a morbid impulse to expose the person.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun a person with a compulsive desire to expose the genitals; -- usually a male.
- noun someone who deliberately behaves in such a way as to attract attention.
- adjective compulsively attracting attention to oneself especially by boasting or exaggerated behavior.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who attempts to
draw attention to himself or herself by his or her behaviour. - noun One who
exposes his or hergenitalia (or female nipples) inpublic . - adjective
compulsively seeking attention
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun someone with a compulsive desire to expose the genitals
- noun someone who deliberately behaves in such a way as to attract attention
Etymologies
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Examples
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A mad Delbian exhibitionist is forcing herself on me!
funk's got a mind of its own. ashacat 2007
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I long for the day that an exhibitionist is arrested on the Paris underground and I read the headline “Zizi sur le Metro”. passante |
zizi 2007
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“Being an exhibitionist is the best cover for being shy,” Star said, reaching up to brush his long black hair away from his face.
Star Struck Pamela Anderson 2005
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I didn't inform people on facebook as some kind of exhibitionist (it isn't like I used Twitter.)
Dr. Paula Bloom: PBS's 'This Emotional Life': Can Facebook Help You Grieve? 2010
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I didn't inform people on facebook as some kind of exhibitionist it isn't like I used Twitter.
Dr. Paula Bloom: PBS's 'This Emotional Life': Can Facebook Help You Grieve? Dr. Paula Bloom 2010
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Amanda Knox, 20, and Raffaele Sollecito, 23, were shopping for lingerie in Rome Nov. 3 while hugging and kissing in an 'exhibitionist' style, the newspaper reported, when they were overheard making their x-rated plans.
Someone Must Already Be Writing the Movie Script Bill Crider 2007
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Amanda Knox, 20, and Raffaele Sollecito, 23, were shopping for lingerie in Rome Nov. 3 while hugging and kissing in an 'exhibitionist' style, the newspaper reported, when they were overheard making their x-rated plans.
Archive 2007-11-18 Bill Crider 2007
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PETA protests like this one often strike me as a kind of exhibitionist masochism more than anything else, similar to the self-flagellation seen in some religious groups.
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And thanks to Colombina for allowing me to present her 'exhibitionist' side.
From the Mouths of Husbands - Marina's Impossible Marina Geigert 2007
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During the show, Ryan said Kidd should expect taunts from the crowd, then criticized the Kidds for using their son "as a prop" and called Joumana Kidd an "exhibitionist"
USATODAY.com - 'Globe' columnist suspended for comments 2003
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