Dictionary entry
Voyeuristic
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Definition
voyeur /vwaÇ'ɜ:(r)/ n သူတစ္ပါး၏လိင္ကိစၥကို တိတ္တခိုး ၾကည့္႐ႈရာ၌ ႏွစ္ၿခိဳက္ေမြ႕ေလ်ာ္သူ။ voyeurism /vwaÇ'ɜ:rÇzǝm/ n [U] voyeuristic /vwaÇɜ:'rÇstÇk/ adj : voyeuristic excitement.
Examples
- ‘From being the object of voyeurism Magda becomes the voyeur
- and from being the loved one turns into the lover.’
- ‘Like peep-show voyeurs
- they want to read erotic materials and repudiate any interest in them at the same time.’
- ‘Plus
- you can sit in the back and kiss your boyfriend all you want without having to worry about Peeping Toms or voyeurs.’
- ‘Curiosity is their driving instinct
- so these flitting voyeurs get their highs from watching rather than doing.’
- ‘Pornographers and voyeurs communicate with each other and learn how to articulate fluctuating sexual scenarios and pornographic roles.’
- ‘After the car keys parties of the 1970s
- hedonists are nowadays more likely to opt for pursuits such as ‘dogging’ - having sex in car parks while voyeurs watch.’
- ‘During this sequence
- Glen
- and Wood's alter ego
- Lugosi
- become male voyeurs who are both disgusted
- yet strangely excited
- by the activities of the women.’
- ‘Is photography what happens when a voyeur meets a narcissist?’
- ‘Porn voyeurs are in for a treat next month
- with the promise of a record-breaking online orgy.’
- ‘Now
- if you've suddenly turned into a voyeur
- well
- your sex life is your own business
- not mine
- and I don't have any right to demand an explanation of what turns you on these days.’
- ‘And for the voyeurs
- Tessa's steamy shower scene is shocking for TV fare.’
- ‘‘Dave has told me he often feels like a voyeur watching the intimate dance unfold or a puppet master manipulating us with his guitar strings
- ’ says Webb.’
- ‘Did they feel he was a voyeur
- peeking in windows
- watching their naked bodies
- making them feel ashamed?’
- ‘Jefferson is an obsessive voyeur
- through a carefully concealed camera he watches the women at home
- cooking
- bathing
- entertaining guests and making love.’
- ‘Brendan Fletcher plays a teen voyeur who likes to spy on gay men having sex in a park.’
- ‘In slightly different circumstances
- the scene would be enough to sweep even the most demanding of voyeurs from impotence to premature ejaculation in a few hazy moments.’
- ‘The emphasis on celluloid as the medium for voyeurs
- pornographers and for exploitation rings true with other more high minded explorations of the moving image.’
- ‘The advance of new technology
- and in particular the use of cellphone cameras
- has enhanced the ability of voyeurs to engage in such recordings.’
- ‘Such explicitness forces us into the role of voyeurs
- and makes engagement with the paintings so fraught we loose sight of their symbolic dimension.’
- ‘The king is the cause of his own jealousy because he is a voyeur
- at once aroused and made jealous by watching the object of his desire perform an act of seduction at his bidding.’