exhibitionist
[ek-suh-bish-uh-nist]
- a person who behaves in ways intended to attract attention or display his or her powers, personality, etc.
- Psychiatry. a person afflicted with the compulsions of exhibitionism.
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Origin of exhibitionist
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Related Words for exhibitionistic
gaudy, swank, splashy, flamboyant, extravagant, classy, garish, jaunty, conspicuous, glittery, pretentious, boastful, chichi, crass, dashing, egotistic, flatulent, fussy, gay, grandioseWord Origin and History for exhibitionistic
exhibitionist
1821, "one who takes part in an exhibition;" psychosexual sense is from 1893, in Craddock's translation of Krafft-Ebing; see exhibition + -ist. Related: Exhibitionism; exhibitionistic.
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