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Definition of Exhibitionistic
1. Adjective. Compulsively attracting attention to yourself especially by public exposure or exaggerated behavior.
Definition of Exhibitionistic
1. Adjective. Having a tendency toward exhibitionism. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Exhibitionistic
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Exhibitionistic
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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