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Meaning of "scopophilic" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SCOPOPHILIC

scopophilic  [ˌskɒpəˈfɪlɪk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SCOPOPHILIC

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Scopophilic is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES SCOPOPHILIC MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of scopophilic in the English dictionary

The definition of scopophilic in the dictionary is of or relating to scopophilia.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SCOPOPHILIC


ailourophilic
aɪˌluːrəˈfɪlɪk
ailurophilic
aɪˌluːrəˈfɪlɪk
barophilic
ˌbærəˈfɪlɪk
basophilic
ˌbeɪsəˈfɪlɪk
bibliophilic
ˌbɪblɪəʊˈfɪlɪk
cartophilic
ˌkɑːtəˈfɪlɪk
chromophilic
ˌkrəʊməˈfɪlɪk
cryophilic
ˌkraɪəˈfɪlɪk
electrophilic
ɪˌlɛktrəʊˈfɪlɪk
eosinophilic
ˌi:əʊˌsɪnəˈfɪlɪk
homophyllic
ˌhəʊməˈfɪlɪk
hydrophilic
ˌhaɪdrəʊˈfɪlɪk
keratinophilic
ˌkerəˌtɪnəˈfɪlɪk
lipophilic
ˌlɪpəʊˈfɪlɪk
nucleophilic
ˌnjuːklɪəʊˈfɪlɪk
photophilic
ˌfəʊtəˈfɪlɪk
protophilic
ˌprəʊtəˈfɪlɪk
siderophilic
ˌsɪdərəˈfɪlɪk
thermophilic
ˌθɜːməʊˈfɪlɪk
zoophilic
ˌzəʊəˈfɪlɪk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SCOPOPHILIC

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

WORDS THAT END LIKE SCOPOPHILIC

acidophilic
amphiphilic
anglophilic
basilic
coprophilic
cytophilic
geophilic
haemophilic
halophilic
hemophilic
lyophilic
microaerophilic
necrophilic
neutrophilic
notaphilic
oleophilic
oxyphilic
paedophilic
pedophilic
psychrophilic
trochilic

Synonyms and antonyms of scopophilic in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «scopophilic» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SCOPOPHILIC

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

Translator English - Chinese

观看癖
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

escopofílico
570 millions of speakers

English

scopophilic
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

scopophilic
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

scopophilic
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

scopophilic
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

escopofílico
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

scopophilic
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

scopophile
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Scopophilic
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

scopophilic
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

scopophilic
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

scopophilic
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Scopophilic
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

scopophilic
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

scopophilic
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

स्कोपॉफिलिक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

scopophilic
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

scopofilo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

scopophilic
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

scopophilic
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

scopophilic
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

scopophilic
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

scopophilic
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

scopophilic
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

scopophilic
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of scopophilic

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SCOPOPHILIC»

The term «scopophilic» is barely ever used and occupies the 197.990 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SCOPOPHILIC» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «scopophilic» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «scopophilic» 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 scopophilic

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SCOPOPHILIC»

Discover the use of scopophilic in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to scopophilic and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Alternative Theater in Taiwan: Feminist and Intercultural ...
Laura Mulvey traces the psychological process of scopophilia based on sexual difference in the workings of the cinematic narratives. Mulvey observes that the scopophilic instinct is the key to the pleasurable expectations of cinema apparatus.
Iris Hsin-chun Tuan
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Basic Psychoanalytic Concepts on the Theory of Instincts
4 He also comments that the first stage is one where the person's own body is the object of the scopophilic instinct, and must there fore be classed under narcissism; that the active aim is directed towards someone else's body and hence ...
Humberto Nagera, 2014
3
African Americans and the Culture of Pain
On other occasions, guilt emerges from moments of scopophilic pleasure. This type of guilt is more personal, more private, and therefore, more easily ignored as guilt than any other. Civilizing guilt, for instance, occurs once the witness of ...
Debra Walker King, 2008
4
A Web of Fantasies: Gaze, Image, and Gender in Ovid's ...
In the pleasure of looking, Freud recognizes subjects and objects. Scopophilia begins with a pre-genital autoeroticism (narcissistic scopophilia) but afterwards, the look is transferred to others. Cinema uses the scopophilic instinct and turns the ...
Patricia B. Salzman-Mitchell, 2005
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Atomic Dwelling: Anxiety, Domesticity, and Postwar Architecture
Significantly, in both the light-hearted narrative of the Frank Bros. advertisement and the darker mise-en-scène of the editorial feature, the Ellwood interiors are framed for the voyeur. The reader is granted the pleasure of the scopophilic gaze,  ...
Robin Schuldenfrei, 2012
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Basic Psychoanalytic Concepts on the Libido Theory
4 He also comments that the first stage is onewhere the person«s own bodyis the object ofthe scopophilic instinct, and must therefore be classed under narcissism; thatthe activeaimisdirected towards someone else«s body and hence involves ...
Humberto Nagera, 2014
7
Hauntings: Psychoanalysis and Ghostly Transmissions
'What is the aim of the scopophilic instinct?' asks Fenichel (ibid.: 10), before answering as follows: 'I think that there can be no possible doubt that it is to look at the sexual object. Freud adds: to look at the genitals of the desired person or to  ...
Stephen Frosh, 2013
8
Appropriating Dress
The scopophilic culture actually served women speakers' purposes in two ways. First, as they changed places, women took with them knowledge gleaned from watching themselves being watched, making use of the abundant lessons they ...
Carol Mattingly, 2002
9
Building the Body Politic: Power and Urban Space in Washington
Scopophilic. Politics. The spatial practices of commemoration and surveillance are becoming increasingly intertwined and indistinguishable as they are materialized in contemporary urban life. Washington's commemorative spaces have also ...
Margaret E. Farrar, 2008
10
The Work of Psychic Figurability: Mental States Without ...
striking assertion: the starting point for the scopophilic instinct is not activity directed towards an extraneous object. A preliminary stage is assumed to exist where the object is part of the subject's own body: 'For the beginning of its activity the ...
César Botella, Sara Botella, 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SCOPOPHILIC»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term scopophilic is used in the context of the following news items.
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FRESH MEAT | FROM OUR COMMUNITY BLOGS
... at which they find themselves, yet still feels the need to tell the object of their scopophilic attentions that they are “playing it all wrong?!!!??!” You know the type. «Destructoid, Oct 14»
2
Man as Image: Clark Gable, James Dean, and the Audience that …
In her seminal essay "Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema" Laura Mulvey (1975) connects psychoanalytic concepts of scopophilic desire1 and Jaques ... «Student Pulse, Oct 14»
3
CHRISTOPHER WILLIAMS with David Gregory Lawson
And it's a kind of personally motivated compendium of sights and sounds for those taken by, as Williams himself puts it, “the Scopophilic condition.” In girum imus ... «Brooklyn Rail, Oct 14»
4
How Queer Films and TV Forgot About the Gay Latino
The gay Latino then transforms from a character with agency into an object of scopophilic desire. He becomes a spectacle due to his asexual buffoonery (Agador ... «Indie Wire, Sep 14»
5
The Little Joys (Not Pleasures) of Scopophobia: On Mystery Science …
Though mockery and derision proffer fleeting pleasures, MST is more accurately scopophobic, not scopophilic, understanding that the spectacles we receive are ... «PopMatters, Apr 14»
6
Q&A: Annie Lapin's Art Is Mind Blowing
... seemed as reasonable as anything else to draw a parallel between the scopophilic urge to watch porn and the equally mysterious enjoyment of pure looking. «LA Magazine, Feb 14»
7
What is Victoria's Secret really selling? Column
Implicitly, patriarchal powers of the dominant male libido, such as a scopophilic gaze, are heralded by this type of programming where women must exist as ... «USA TODAY, Dec 13»
8
'What Now? Remind Me' Review: An Amazing Celebration of Life …
Though Pinto has worked primarily as a sound designer, it's clear he has scopophilic tendencies. The film is teeming with close-ups of flies, bees, frogs, slugs, ... «Film School Rejects, Oct 13»
9
Lose Your Head Directed by Stefan Westerwelle & Patrick …
As such, the fluidity of sexuality and presentation of homosexuality as a deviant act is almost contradictory to the dominant scopophilic gaze, which objectifies ... «Exclaim!, May 13»
10
Film inspired by true story lacks sensitivity for real-life victim
Director Choi Seung-ho's recently released movie "Norigae" (Plaything) is the kind of movie that should have been conscious of the voyeuristic and scopophilic ... «AsiaOne, Apr 13»

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