voyeur

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Voyeurism is the sexual interest in spying on people engage in intimate behaviors, such as undressing, sexual activity, or urinating. It is classified as a paraphilia in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of the American Psychiatric Association. The diagnosis would not be given to people who experience typical sexual arousal simply by seeing nudity or sexual activity; the aspect of spying is central to paraphilic voyeurism. The word derives from French verb voir (to see) with the -eur suffix that translates as -er in English. A literal translation would then be “seer” or "observer", with pejorative connotations.

Trivia about voyeur

  • A peeping Tom
  • From the French for "to see", it's a Peeping Tom
  • The French term for a Peeping Tom isn't Tomas le Peepe, it's this
  • Specifically, a peeping Tom(6)