EXHIBITIONISM


Meaning of EXHIBITIONISM in English

/ek'seuh bish"euh niz'euhm/ , n.

1. a tendency to display one's abilities or to behave in such a way as to attract attention.

2. Psychiatry. a disorder characterized esp. by a compulsion to exhibit the genitals in public.

[ 1890-95; EXHIBITION + -ISM ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .