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 her genitalia (or female nipples) in public.
  • 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

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

exhibition +‎ -ist

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