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Meaning of "scopophilia" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SCOPOPHILIA

scopophilia  [ˌskɒpəˈfɪlɪə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SCOPOPHILIA

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Scopophilia is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SCOPOPHILIA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Scopophilia

Scopophilia or scoptophilia, from Greek "love of looking", is deriving pleasure from looking. As an expression of sexuality, it refers to sexual pleasure derived from looking at erotic objects: erotic photographs, pornography, naked bodies, etc.

Definition of scopophilia in the English dictionary

The definition of scopophilia in the dictionary is the condition or act of gaining sexual pleasure from openly looking at sex organs or acts.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SCOPOPHILIA


ailourophilia
aɪˌluːrəˈfɪlɪə
ailurophilia
aɪˌlʊərəˈfɪlɪə
arctophilia
ˌɑːktəˈfɪlɪə
basophilia
ˌbeɪsəˈfɪlɪə
biophilia
ˌbaɪəʊˈfɪlɪə
canophilia
ˌkænəˈfɪlɪə
claustrophilia
ˌklɔːstrəˈfɪlɪə
eosinophilia
ˌiːəʊˌsɪnəˈfɪlɪə
ephebophilia
ɪˌfiːbəˈfɪlɪə
Germanophilia
dʒɜːˌmænəˈfɪlɪə
gerontophilia
dʒɛˌrɒntəˈfɪlɪə
hemophilia
ˌhiːməˈfɪlɪə
paedophilia
ˌpiːdəʊˈfɪlɪə
Pamphylia
pæmˈfɪlɪə
paraphilia
ˌpærəˈfɪlɪə
pedophilia
ˌpiːdəʊˈfɪlɪə
scoptophilia
ˌskɒptəˈfɪlɪə
stigmatophilia
stɪɡˌmætəˈfɪlɪə
topophilia
ˌtɒpəˈfɪlɪə
zoophilia
ˌzəʊəˈfɪlɪə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SCOPOPHILIA

scop
scopa
scopae
Scopas
scopate
scope
scope out
scopelid
scopeloid
scoping study
scopolamine
scopoline
scopophiliac
scopophilic
scopophobia
scoptophilia
scoptophobia
scopula
scopulae
scopulate

WORDS THAT END LIKE SCOPOPHILIA

Anglophilia
automobilia
Cecilia
cilia
coprophilia
cynophilia
Europhilia
haemophilia
ilia
Ismailia
juvenilia
memorabilia
milia
monilia
necrophilia
neophilia
Reggio nell´Emilia
retrophilia
Sicilia
technophilia

Synonyms and antonyms of scopophilia in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «scopophilia» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SCOPOPHILIA

Find out the translation of scopophilia to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of scopophilia from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «scopophilia» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

观看癖
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

escopofilia
570 millions of speakers

English

scopophilia
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

scopophilia
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

scopophilia
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

скопофилия
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

escopofilia
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

scopophilia
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

scopophilie
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Scopophilia
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Schaulust
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

scopophilia
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

scopophilia
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Scopophilia
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

scopophilia
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நிர்வாண அல்லது காம வெறியூட்டும் படங்களைக் கண்டு பாலின்பம் அடைதல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

स्कोपॉफिलिया
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

scopophilia
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

scopofilia
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

scopophilia
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

скопофілія
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

scopophilia
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

scopophilia
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

scopophilia
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

scopophilia
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

scopophilia
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of scopophilia

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SCOPOPHILIA»

The term «scopophilia» is normally little used and occupies the 144.677 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SCOPOPHILIA» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «scopophilia» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «scopophilia» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about scopophilia

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SCOPOPHILIA»

Discover the use of scopophilia in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to scopophilia and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Scopophilia: the love of looking
Thirty photographers discuss the nature of photography, and its connection with voyeurism, human nature, perception, and eroticism
Gerard Malanga, 1985
2
A Hitchcock Reader
A. Closer. Look. at. Scopophilia: Mulvey,. Hitchcock,. and. Vertigo. Marian. E. Keane. I. During the past fifteen years, feminist criticism has secured a place of central importance not only within film criticism but within the arena of critical thinking ...
Marshall Deutelbaum, Leland Poague, 2009
3
Roll Over Adorno: Critical Theory, Popular Culture, ...
Although scopophilia has a philosophical, even clinical air in both Freud and Lacan, I think it's fair to say that the term has become something of a dirty word in film studies. To say today in these tendentious, not so indulgent times that one is a ...
Robert Miklitsch, 2012
4
Permitted and Prohibited Desires: Mothers, Comics, and ...
Freud, in his Three Essays on the Theory of Sexuality (published originally in 1905), treated scopophilia, or a pleasure in looking, as a normal aspect of sexuality. In children, whose sexual instincts are present but not yet directed to a sexual ...
Anne Allison, 1999
5
Ogling Ladies: Scopophilia in Medieval German Literature
An analysis of medieval literature through an exploration of the female gaze.
Sandra Lindemann Summers, 2013
6
Video Games: A Popular Culture Phenomenon
Lara Croft, Scopophilia, and the Male Gaze This matter of the control of a beautiful woman, with very large breasts, a wasp waist, and long legs, is something that bears consideration. There can be little doubt that there is an element of sexual ...
Arthur Asa Berger, 2002
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Tourism and Gender: Embodiment, Sensuality and Experience
Indeed, nowhere is travel's intimate connection with scopophilia, sensuality and desire more apparent than in the West's making of Tahiti as a latter-day Eden. And this remains a remarkably durable imagery, preserved and promulgated by the ...
‎2007
8
Fashion as Communication
This pleasure in looking is commonly called scopophilia; extreme or perverse forms of scopophilia are referred to as voyeurism and exhibitionism. While Freud's position on these matters developed through time, it seems reasonable to claim ...
Malcolm Barnard, 2013
9
The Feminism and Visual Culture Reader
One is scopophilia (pleasure in looking). There are circumstances in which looking itself is a source of pleasure, just as, in the reverse formation, there is pleasure in being looked at. Originally, in his Three Essays on Sexuality, Freud isolated ...
Amelia Jones, 2003
10
The Narrative Reader
One is scopophilia (pleasure in looking). There are circumstances in which looking itself is a source of pleasure, just as, in the reverse formation, there is pleasure in being looked at. Originally, in his Three Essays on Sexuality, Freud isolated ...
Martin McQuillan, 2000

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SCOPOPHILIA»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term scopophilia is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Edmonton sculptor wins international award, part of city trend …
Her winning sculpture, Scopophilia, was selected out of 428 graduate and undergraduate art students from 158 universities, colleges and art school programs ... «MetroNews Canada, Jul 15»
2
Hingegossene Körper
Die neueste Werkreihe, derart umfänglich vordem in Deutschland noch nicht zu sehen, heißt „Scopophilia“, also „Schaulust“, wobei der Begriff hier wertfrei, ... «kreiszeitung.de, Jul 15»
3
Loving the Lens: 'American Sniper' as Movie and Event
Scopophilia” is a term borrowed from Freud and applied to golden age cinema in a groundbreaking essay written by Laura Mulvey in 1975. Mulvey's “Visual ... «Center for Research on Globalization, Mar 15»
4
Nan Goldin. Scopophilia "la passione per il guardare"
"Scopophilia", la passione per il guardare, il titolo dell' esposizione. 1 aprile 2014. Panorama · Cultura · Arte & Idee; Nan Goldin. Scopophilia "la passione per il ... «Panorama, Apr 14»
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Dal Louvre a Roma con uno sguardo. Ecco Nan Goldin
Amore per il guardare: significa questo, tradotto dal greco, "scopophilia", nome che dà il titolo alla nuova mostra di Nan Goldin (Washington, 1953) alla ... «La Repubblica, Mar 14»
6
Roma, Scopophilia: la mostra della fotografa Nan Goldin
Scopophilia significa “amare per il guardare” ed è il titolo di una mostra allestita a Roma, presso la Gagosian Gallery (via Francesco Crispi, 16). In esposizione ... «Cultura e Culture, Mar 14»
7
Nan Goldin in mostra a Roma. Alla Gagosian Gallery c'è …
Nan Goldin in mostra a Roma. Alla Gagosian Gallery c'è Scopophilia "la passione per il guardare" (FOTO). Barbara Tomasino, L'Huffington Post. Pubblicato: ... «L'Huffington Post, Mar 14»
8
Art News: Exhibitions at Edinburgh College of Art and Liverpool Arts …
Vibrant arts centre Liverpool Arts Hub 47 have announced details of a major new solo show by artist Vicky Crossley – SCOPOPHILIA: The Love of Looking will ... «The Skinny, Mar 14»
9
Nan Goldin e le sue foto-verità
Scopophilia, questo il titolo della mostra, contrappone capolavori del Louvre ai ritratti degli amici della fotografa. Iniziamo con Chimera (2012). VOTA: 0 stelle. «IO donna, Mar 14»
10
Ill Studio : Fetishistic Scopophilia
Ill Studio : Fetishistic Scopophilia. On aime beaucoup. (aucune note). Du 17 janvier 2014 au 14 mars 2014. Voir les dates. Cet événement a été ajouté à vos ... «Télérama.fr, Jan 14»

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« EDUCALINGO. Scopophilia [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/scopophilia>. Apr 2024 ».
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