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单词 exhibitionist
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Definition of exhibitionist in English:

exhibitionist

noun ˌɛksɪˈbɪʃ(ə)nɪstˌɛksəˈbɪʃənəst
  • A person who behaves in an extravagant way in order to attract attention.

    I am something of an exhibitionist
    Example sentencesExamples
    • On the travelator, a tattooed Dutchman speaks rapidly to a girlfriend via his mobile phone whilst walking at full speed against the direction of the belt - perhaps some bizarre form of exercise for exhibitionists.
    • The contest wasn't on right away so I had some intimate nightclub yelling conversations and scoped the place, which features four cages where exhibitionists contort on platforms that rise and descend on hydraulic lifts.
    • She's quite the exhibitionist, showing off a bare ankle.
    • Bondi Beach is synonymous with ‘Aussie beach culture’, displaying a bustling carnival atmosphere, with eccentrics, exhibitionists and lots of surfers.
    • ‘Women from all ages and walks of life took off their clothes, not because they are exhibitionists but because they felt it was imperative to do so,’ the organizers solemnly explained.
    Synonyms
    show-off, posturer, poser, self-publicist, attention-seeker
    extrovert
    North American informal showboat
    Australian/New Zealand informal lair
    rare attitudinizer
adjectiveˌɛksɪˈbɪʃ(ə)nɪstˌɛksəˈbɪʃənəst
  • Behaving extravagantly in order to attract attention.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • But blogs can also serve as exhibitionist outlets that highlight the worst of America's tell-all and show-all tendencies.
    • People dying of cancer are rarely represented in the same exhibitionist manner.
    • My friend the Garbageman is one of those daring, exhibitionist diners who prides himself on his cast-iron stomach.
    • There were the exhibitionist squatters with their "I squat, therefore I am" credo.
    • It is not the old exhibitionist gesture.
    • The exhibitionist Kac, on the other hand, implicitly denies essence, integrity, identity.
    • I was thinking I could pepper my commentary with pictures that attest to my exhibitionist nature.
    • Though the depth of their devotion was beyond question, they had an undeniable exhibitionist impulse.
    • My first major exhibitionist experience happened in my late teens.
    • In the past, I have chided Prof. Reynolds for his mildly exhibitionist postings.
    • Failure to reap the rewards of what he considered his great talent led to increasingly expressionistic and exhibitionist art.
    • The couple, it turns out, have a strong exhibitionist streak.
    • Originally I thought blogs were a kind of exhibitionist diary for people with global egos.
    • Exhibitionist behavior frequently will occur around times of stress or when the patient has free time.
    • Baboons are especially notorious for this rather unnwholesome exhibitionist behaviour.
    • Ironically though, Ashley, who has always had an exhibitionist streak, says the job has built her self-confidence.
    • I suppose I have an exhibitionist component to my character as well as a voyeuristic one.
    • A less exhibitionist approach is to display the following poster.
    • Karadzic, the exhibitionist politician, could not resist inventing a flamboyant new identity as a bearded New Age healer.
    • Unless you have an exhibitionist streak, you won't want the world to know your business - whether on the PC or the Internet.

Derivatives

  • exhibitionistic

  • adjective ˌɛksɪbɪʃ(ə)ˈnɪstɪk
    • The Internet is more public even than a newspaper, since it is free and unbound by geography; it is the most exhibitionistic communication medium yet designed.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The gangster's possessions are central to his being; he owns things in a gaudy, exhibitionistic way.
      • Nevertheless, her performance was somewhat overshadowed by the increasingly exhibitionistic shape-throwing of Stephen McAllister, the in-house main-course chef.
      • They don't need to parade it on stage in quite such an exhibitionistic manner.
      • The fact is, we encourage our musicians, especially women, to be exhibitionistic about their grief, to sell it to us, to reflect our own ideas of escalated sadness.
  • exhibitionistically

  • adverbˌɛksɪbɪʃ(ə)ˈnɪstɪk(ə)li

Rhymes

abolitionist, coalitionist, demolitionist, intuitionist, nutritionist, partitionist, prohibitionist, requisitionist, traditionist
 
 

Definition of exhibitionist in US English:

exhibitionist

nounˌeksəˈbiSHənəstˌɛksəˈbɪʃənəst
  • A person who behaves in an extravagant way in order to attract attention.

    I am something of an exhibitionist
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The contest wasn't on right away so I had some intimate nightclub yelling conversations and scoped the place, which features four cages where exhibitionists contort on platforms that rise and descend on hydraulic lifts.
    • ‘Women from all ages and walks of life took off their clothes, not because they are exhibitionists but because they felt it was imperative to do so,’ the organizers solemnly explained.
    • On the travelator, a tattooed Dutchman speaks rapidly to a girlfriend via his mobile phone whilst walking at full speed against the direction of the belt - perhaps some bizarre form of exercise for exhibitionists.
    • Bondi Beach is synonymous with ‘Aussie beach culture’, displaying a bustling carnival atmosphere, with eccentrics, exhibitionists and lots of surfers.
    • She's quite the exhibitionist, showing off a bare ankle.
    Synonyms
    show-off, posturer, poser, self-publicist, attention-seeker
adjectiveˌeksəˈbiSHənəstˌɛksəˈbɪʃənəst
  • Behaving extravagantly in order to attract attention.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • There were the exhibitionist squatters with their "I squat, therefore I am" credo.
    • But blogs can also serve as exhibitionist outlets that highlight the worst of America's tell-all and show-all tendencies.
    • I was thinking I could pepper my commentary with pictures that attest to my exhibitionist nature.
    • Failure to reap the rewards of what he considered his great talent led to increasingly expressionistic and exhibitionist art.
    • In the past, I have chided Prof. Reynolds for his mildly exhibitionist postings.
    • Baboons are especially notorious for this rather unnwholesome exhibitionist behaviour.
    • Exhibitionist behavior frequently will occur around times of stress or when the patient has free time.
    • I suppose I have an exhibitionist component to my character as well as a voyeuristic one.
    • Originally I thought blogs were a kind of exhibitionist diary for people with global egos.
    • My friend the Garbageman is one of those daring, exhibitionist diners who prides himself on his cast-iron stomach.
    • Ironically though, Ashley, who has always had an exhibitionist streak, says the job has built her self-confidence.
    • My first major exhibitionist experience happened in my late teens.
    • People dying of cancer are rarely represented in the same exhibitionist manner.
    • Though the depth of their devotion was beyond question, they had an undeniable exhibitionist impulse.
    • The couple, it turns out, have a strong exhibitionist streak.
    • The exhibitionist Kac, on the other hand, implicitly denies essence, integrity, identity.
    • A less exhibitionist approach is to display the following poster.
    • Karadzic, the exhibitionist politician, could not resist inventing a flamboyant new identity as a bearded New Age healer.
    • Unless you have an exhibitionist streak, you won't want the world to know your business - whether on the PC or the Internet.
    • It is not the old exhibitionist gesture.
 
 
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