What is another word for voyeuristic?

Pronunciation: [vˌɔ͡ɪjuːɹˈɪstɪk] (IPA)

The term voyeuristic refers to the act of secretly observing the actions of others without their knowledge or consent. Some synonyms for this word include prying, peeping, snooping, spying, and eavesdropping. These words all share a similar meaning and suggest an invasion of privacy or an illicit interest in someone else's personal affairs. Other synonyms include surreptitious, clandestine, and undercover, which all imply a covert or stealthy approach to observation. Overall, the use of any of these words suggests a potentially unethical or inappropriate desire to observe others for one's own pleasure or benefit.

What are the hypernyms for Voyeuristic?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Famous quotes with Voyeuristic

  • My head can get to murder and rape for profit because I can understand greed as a human motive, but I cannot understand the voyeuristic desire to watch such a film. I can comprehend one and I cannot comprehend the other.
    Donna Leon
  • I have been asked, politely and not so politely, why I am myself. This is an accounting any woman will be called on to give if she asserts her will. In the home the question will be couched in a million cruelties, some subtle, some so egregious they rival the injuries of organized war. … It must be admitted that those who want me to account for myself are intrigued in hostile, voyeuristic ways, and their projections of me are not the usual run-of-the-mill rudeness or arrogance to which writers, especially women writers, become accustomed. The work would be enough, even for the unfortunate sad sacks mentioned above. So here's the deal as I see it: I am ambitious — God knows, not for money; in most respects but not all I am honorable; and I wear overalls: kill the bitch. But the bitch is not yet ready to die. Brava, she says, alone in a small room.
    Andrea Dworkin

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