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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Word Origin and History for exhibitionistic
exhibitionist
n.
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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