exhibitionist

See also: Exhibitionist

English

Etymology

From exhibition +‎ -ist.

Noun

exhibitionist (plural exhibitionists)

1. One who attempts to draw attention to themselves by their behavior.
2. One who exposes their genitalia (or female nipples) in public.
3. Synonym of exhibitioner (“student who is awarded an exhibition”)

Synonyms

• (one who exposes themselves in public): flasher

Derived terms

• sexhibitionist
• exhibitionistly

Related terms

• exhibit
• exhibition
• exhibitor
• exhibitionism

Translations

one who attempts by their behaviour to draw attention to themselves

• Bulgarian: ексхибиционист m (ekshibicionist)
• Catalan: exhibicionista m or f
• Czech: exhibicionista m
• Danish: ekshibitionist c
• French: poseur (fr) m, poseuse (fr) f, exhibitionniste (fr) m or f
• German: Selbstdarsteller (de) m, Poseur (de) m
• Macedonian: по́зер m (pózer), егзибициони́ст m (egzibicioníst), егзибициони́стка f (egzibicionístka)
• Persian: خودنما (fa) (xod-namâ)
• Polish: pozer (pl) m, pozerka f
• Romanian: exhibiționist (ro)
• Russian: позёр (ru) m (pozjór),эксгибициони́ст (ru) m (eksgibicioníst), эксгибициони́стка (ru) f (eksgibicionístka)
• Spanish: exhibicionista (es) m or f
• Swedish: exhibitionist (sv) c

someone who exposes their genitalia in public

• Catalan: exhibicionista m or f
• Czech: exhibicionista m
• Danish: ekshibitionist c
• Dutch: exhibitionist (nl) m
• Finnish: itsensäpaljastaja (fi)
• French: exhibitionniste (fr) m or f
• Galician: exhibicionista m or f
• German: Exhibitionist (de) m, Exhibitionistin (de) f
• Greek: επιδειξίας (el) m or f (epideixías), επιδειξιομανής (el) m or f (epideixiomanís)
• Japanese: 露出狂 (ja) (roshutsukyō)
• Korean: 노출증 환자 (nochuljeung hwanja), 노출광 (nochulgwang), 바바리맨 (babarimaen)
• Macedonian: егзибициони́ст m (egzibicioníst), егзибициони́стка f (egzibicionístka)
• Persian: عورت‌نما (fa) ('urat-namâ)
• Polish: ekshibicjonista (pl) m, ekshibicjonistka (pl) f
• Portuguese: exibicionista m or f
• Romanian: exhibiționist (ro)
• Russian: эксгибициони́ст (ru) m (eksgibicioníst), эксгибициони́стка (ru) f (eksgibicionístka)
• Spanish: exhibicionista (es) m or f
• Swedish: exhibitionist (sv) c

Adjective

exhibitionist (comparative more exhibitionist, superlative most exhibitionist)

1. Compulsively seeking attention.

   Synonym: exhibitionistic

Derived terms

• nonexhibitionist

Translations

compulsively seeking attention

• Catalan: exhibicionista
• Dutch: exhibitionistisch (nl)
• German: exhibitionistisch (de)
• Greek: επιδειξιομανής (el) (epideixiomanís)
• Macedonian: егзибициони́стички (egzibicionístički)
• Polish: ekshibicjonistyczny
• Russian: эксгибициони́стский (ru) (eksgibicionístskij)
• Ukrainian: ексгібіціоні́стський (ekshibicionístsʹkyj)

Dutch

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Netherlands) IPA^(key): /ˌɛks.ɦi.bi.ʃoːˈnɪst/

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• Hyphenation: ex‧hi‧bi‧ti‧o‧nist
• Rhymes: -ɪst

Noun

exhibitionist m (plural exhibitionisten)

1. exhibitionist

Derived terms

• exhibitionistisch

Related terms

• exhibitionisme

Swedish

Noun

exhibitionist c

1. an exhibitionist (person who exposes their genitalia (or female nipples))

   Synonym: blottare

2. (figuratively) an exhibitionist (person with a strong desire to draw attention to themselves)

Declension

Declension of exhibitionist

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	exhibitionist	exhibitionists
	definite	exhibitionisten	exhibitionistens
plural	indefinite	exhibitionister	exhibitionisters
	definite	exhibitionisterna	exhibitionisternas

Related terms

• exhibitionism

See also

• blotta sig (“expose oneself”)

References

• exhibitionist in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• exhibitionist in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)