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scopophilia (n.)

"voyeurism," 1924 (in a translation of Freud), from Greek -skopia "observation" (from PIE root *spek- "to observe") + -philia. In early use often scoptophilia through a mistake by Freud's translators. Modern form by 1937. Related: Scopophiliac.

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