exhibitionism

Example Sentences

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But, if protesting is just fruitless exhibitionism, as Teddy claims, and radical acts of direct action don’t seem to work any better, what is there to do if no one will listen?

From Salon • Oct. 31, 2025

I feel I captured a genuine moment hidden inside his obvious exhibitionism.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 1, 2021

My question for you, which I also think you should ask yourself, is: What exactly do you like about the idea of this kind of exhibitionism?

From Slate • Jun. 7, 2021

When you do come across acts of kindness and compassion, they seem to be documented and calibrated to serve the gods of exhibitionism and self-promotion.

From New York Times • Jul. 31, 2020

I am here obliged to contradict Krafft-Ebing, who regards exhibitionism as the effect of the impotence of certain individuals depraved by excesses, or as the unconscious act of certain epileptics.

From The Sexual Question A Scientific, psychological, hygienic and sociological study by Forel, Auguste