Definition of Exhibitionistic

1. Adjective. Compulsively attracting attention to yourself especially by public exposure or exaggerated behavior.

Similar to: Unconcealed
Derivative terms: Exhibitionism, Exhibitionist

Definition of Exhibitionistic

1. Adjective. Having a tendency toward exhibitionism. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Exhibitionistic

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Exhibitionistic

exhibitable
exhibited
exhibiter
exhibiters
exhibiting
exhibition
exhibition area
exhibition game
exhibition hall
exhibition season
exhibitioner
exhibitioners
exhibitionisms
exhibitionistic (current term)
exhibitionistically
exhibitionists
exhibitions
exhibitive
exhibitor
exhibitors
exhibitory
exhibitry
exhibits
exhilarant
exhilarate
exhilarated
exhilarates
exhilarating

Literary usage of Exhibitionistic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Erotic Motive in Literature by Albert Mordell (1919)
"\A writer may write exhibitionistic books for money of Ito attract attention or for fun, but his work shows that psychologically he has never completely ..."

2. A Study of the Mental Life of the Child by H. von Hug-Hellmuth (1919)
"ing out of exhibitionistic desires. This way of looking at the matter finds itself endorsed by the habit which obtains among sensible parents, ..."

3. Man's unconscious passion by Wilfrid Lay (1920)
"The actors are passive exhibitionists, their exhibitionistic element being reduced to a minimum, the audience are active exhibitionists ..."

4. The Child's Unconscious Mind: The Relations of Psychoanalysis to Education by Wilfrid Lay (1919)
"If, on the other hand, a person is distinguished for his desire to appear in public, then his exhibitionistic trait has been more or less sublimated or made ..."

5. Papers on Psycho-analysis by Ernest Jones (1918)
"To be as proud (or pleased) as Punch ' : overweening pride is intimately associated in the unconscious with exhibitionistic self-adoration. ..."

6. Fundamental Conceptions of Psychoanalysis by Abraham Arden Brill (1921)
"The decollete and the evening dresses we see at the opera and at the dinner are markedly exhibitionistic despite the fact that they are worn by highly ..."

7. Mechanisms of Character Formation: An Introduction to Psychoanalysis by William Alanson White (1916)
"The autoerotic and exhibitionistic determiners which Jones emphasises,17 will be dwelt on in the next chapter in the discussion of partial libido trends. n ..."

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