επιδειξιομανία

Greek

Etymology

From επίδειξη (epídeixi, “showing off, exhibiting”) +‎ μανία (manía, “mania”), calque of French exhibitionnisme. First attested 1894.

Noun

επιδειξιομανία • (epideixiomanía) f (uncountable)

  1. exhibitionism (practice or character trait of deliberately drawing attention to oneself)
  2. exhibitionism (practice or character trait of deliberately displaying one's genitals, nipples, or buttocks in public)

Declension
  επιδειξιομανία
case     \     number singular
nominative επιδειξιομανία •
genitive επιδειξιομανίας •
accusative επιδειξιομανία •
vocative επιδειξιομανία •

Derived terms
  • επιδειξίας m or f (epideixías, “exhibitionist, flasher”) (noun)
  • επιδειξιομανής (epideixiomanís, “exhibitionistic”) (adjective)
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