exhibitionism
noun
ex·hi·bi·tion·ism
ˌek-sə-ˈbi-shə-ˌni-zəm 
1
a
: a perversion in which sexual gratification is obtained from the indecent exposure of one's genitals (as to a stranger)
b
: an act of such exposure
2
: the act or practice of behaving so as to attract attention to oneself
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But what’s hard to take is Snyder’s excessive exhibitionism, modeled after the Heavy Metal comic books, introducing dark fantasy, science fiction, violence, and erotica to stimulate Rebel Moon’s revamp of the kid-friendly Star Wars series.
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Armond White, National Review, 7 Aug. 2024
The film also dives into the jaw-dropping places that his impulse toward performance-art media exhibitionism led him to.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 16 July 2024
In the end, with the help of surveillance video, Rosales was taken into custody and charged with second-degree murder with a weapon and single counts of molesting a child and lewd and lascivious exhibitionism.
—Charles Rabin, Miami Herald, 7 June 2024
The book features flogging, leather, exhibitionism, rough play, bondage, gender bending, and many more dramatization of pleasure.
—Hazlitt, 5 June 2024
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Armond White, National Review, 7 Aug. 2024
The film also dives into the jaw-dropping places that his impulse toward performance-art media exhibitionism led him to.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 16 July 2024
In the end, with the help of surveillance video, Rosales was taken into custody and charged with second-degree murder with a weapon and single counts of molesting a child and lewd and lascivious exhibitionism.
—Charles Rabin, Miami Herald, 7 June 2024
The book features flogging, leather, exhibitionism, rough play, bondage, gender bending, and many more dramatization of pleasure.
—Hazlitt, 5 June 2024
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exhibitionism
noun
ex·hi·bi·tion·ism
ˌek-sə-ˈbish-ə-niz-əm
1
a
: a perversion marked by a tendency to indecent exposure
b
: an act of such exposure
2
: the act or practice of behaving so as to attract attention to oneself
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