exhibitionist

exhibitionist
exhibitionistic, adj.exhibitionistically, adv.
/ek'seuh bish"euh nist/, n.
1. a person who behaves in ways intended to attract attention or display his or her powers, personality, etc.
2. Psychiatry. a person afflicted with the compulsions of exhibitionism.
[1815-25; EXHIBITION + -IST]

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