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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The act or practice of deliberately behaving so as to attract attention.
  • noun Psychiatry A psychosexual disorder marked by the compulsive exposure of the genitals in public.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A form of sexual perversion characterized by exposure of the person to others, without any attempt at concealment or any evidence of shame.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun The practice or character trait of deliberately drawing attention to oneself.
  • noun pathology The practice or character trait of deliberately displaying one's genitals, nipples, or buttocks in public.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun extravagant and conspicuous behavior intended to attract attention to yourself
  • noun the perverse act of exposing and attracting attention to your own genitals

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