scopophilism

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σκοπός (skopós, “watcher”) +‎ -philism.

Noun

scopophilism (uncountable)

1. (rare) Scopophilia.
   • 2007, Iris Hsin-chun Tuan, Alternative Theater in Taiwan: Feminist and Intercultural Approaches‎^[1]:

     In order to explore the possible audience responses as they watch the female performers' bodies, psychological theories on scopophilism and narcissism can be used to analyze Wei's performances.

   • 2007, J.K. Petersen, Cawood James S., Corcoran James S., Michael H. Ph.D., Understanding Surveillance Technologies: Spy Devices, Privacy, History & Applications, Second Edition‎^[2]:

     Voyeurism is a subset of scopophilism in which the observer preferentially watches scandalous or sexual activities.

   • 2010, Robert S. Nelson, Richard Shiff, Critical Terms for Art History, Second Edition‎^[3]:

     "Visual pleasure" is a straightforward characterization, for example, when compared to terms with a more academic ring, such as "ocularcentrism" or the Freudian "scopophilism."

   • 2013, José Bleger, Symbiosis and Ambiguity: A Psychoanalytic Study‎^[4]:

     I remember how alien this seemed to me, having being brought up in a biological school that thought of instincts in the plural. But the same fondness for pairs is to be found again and again: love-hate; exhibitionism-scopophilism; etc. It is as if Freud had a difficulty in contemplating any topic unless he could divide it into two opposites, and never more than two.