voyeuristic
adjective
voy·eur·is·tic
ˌvwä-(ˌ)yər-ˈi-stik 
ˌvȯi-ər-
ˌvȯi-ər-
: of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a voyeur
voyeuristic drives
… confronting her beauty gave him a bad conscience and made him feel shamefully voyeuristic …—
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: relating to or derived from voyeurism
Phillip Rothvoyeuristic pleasure
Through the video surveillance system, Polly engages in voyeuristic eavesdropping.—Judith Mayne
Judith Mayne… to demonstrate that the voyeuristic thrill of watching a stripper ceases at the moment of nakedness.—Mark Morris
Mark Morris
voyeuristically
ˌvwä-(ˌ)yər-ˈi-sti-k(ə-)lē
adverb
ˌvȯi-ər-
In that film, the cameras voyeuristically followed actor Richard Gere as he worked out and dressed up.
—The Wall Street Journal
The Wall Street Journal
Examples of voyeuristic in a Sentence
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This voyeuristic dynamic was on display in a recent CNN panel that was hosted by Dana Bash, which did feature someone who defended Trump—Marc Lotter, a former Trump special assistant.
—Jay Caspian Kang, The New Yorker, 5 Apr. 2024
The limited series take on Amor Towles’ 2016 novel tiptoes along an allegorical line, without toppling over into either outright whimsy or voyeuristic gawking at the flawed idealism and generational traumas of the Bolshevik Revolution.
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Mar. 2024
But have no fear, Love on the Spectrum follows the cast's journeys to find love with a compassionate rather than voyeuristic eye.
—Emily Smith, EW.com, 19 Oct. 2023
Hough’s series spotlights not just the manipulation prevalent in these types of media portrayals of women, but the audience’s voyeuristic complicity.
—Virginia Brown, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
For the entire rest of the movie, Soderbergh employs that roving, bobbing and weaving voyeuristic camera’s-eye view.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 20 Jan. 2024
There are numerous laugh-out-loud moments in Saltburn, Emerald Fennell’s darkly comic and voyeuristic exploration of the British aristocracy being released on Friday by Amazon MGM Studios.
—Alex Ritman, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Nov. 2023
Throughout the film, the director plays the audience like an accordion, pushing buttons and pulling and squeezing us into feeling things — disgust, ironic laughter, confusion, voyeuristic guilt, genuine curiosity — like a master.
—Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post, 15 Nov. 2023
In situations that appear voyeuristic, the person is suspended, and if the behavior is repeated, they are banned, Lee says.
—Deidre Olsen, WIRED, 15 Nov. 2023
Jay Caspian Kang, The New Yorker, 5 Apr. 2024
The limited series take on Amor Towles’ 2016 novel tiptoes along an allegorical line, without toppling over into either outright whimsy or voyeuristic gawking at the flawed idealism and generational traumas of the Bolshevik Revolution.
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Mar. 2024
But have no fear, Love on the Spectrum follows the cast's journeys to find love with a compassionate rather than voyeuristic eye.
—Emily Smith, EW.com, 19 Oct. 2023
Hough’s series spotlights not just the manipulation prevalent in these types of media portrayals of women, but the audience’s voyeuristic complicity.
—Virginia Brown, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
For the entire rest of the movie, Soderbergh employs that roving, bobbing and weaving voyeuristic camera’s-eye view.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 20 Jan. 2024
There are numerous laugh-out-loud moments in Saltburn, Emerald Fennell’s darkly comic and voyeuristic exploration of the British aristocracy being released on Friday by Amazon MGM Studios.
—Alex Ritman, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Nov. 2023
Throughout the film, the director plays the audience like an accordion, pushing buttons and pulling and squeezing us into feeling things — disgust, ironic laughter, confusion, voyeuristic guilt, genuine curiosity — like a master.
—Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post, 15 Nov. 2023
In situations that appear voyeuristic, the person is suspended, and if the behavior is repeated, they are banned, Lee says.
—Deidre Olsen, WIRED, 15 Nov. 2023
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voyeuristic
adjective
voy·eur·is·tic
ˌvwä-(ˌ)yər-ˈis-tik
ˌvȯi-ər-
ˌvȯi-ər-
: of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a voyeur
voyeuristic drives
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