Associations to the word «Exhibitionism»

Wiktionary

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

Dictionary definition

EXHIBITIONISM, noun. Extravagant and conspicuous behavior intended to attract attention to yourself.
EXHIBITIONISM, noun. The perverse act of exposing and attracting attention to your own genitals.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats