exhibitionism

Noun

Meaning

the perverse act of exposing and attracting attention to your own genitals

extravagant and conspicuous behavior intended to attract attention to yourself

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Acting is a masochistic form of exhibitionism. It is not quite the occupation of an adult. Laurence Olivier

Exhibitionism is like a drug. Hooked in adolescence I was now taking doses so massive they would have killed a novice. Quentin Crisp

Some of the most vocal critics of the way things are being done are people who have done nothing themselves, and whose only contributions to society are their complaints and moral exhibitionism. Thomas Sowell

If modesty disappeared, so would exhibitionism. Mason Cooley

The laws and the stage, both are a form of exhibitionism. Orson Welles

I have a problem with the blatant celebrity exhibitionism that happens in this business and being sold purely as a brand. Jason Patric

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