voyeuristic

adjective

voy·​eur·​is·​tic ˌvwä-(ˌ)yər-ˈi-stik  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 …

—Phillip Roth

: relating to or derived from voyeurism

voyeuristic pleasure

Through the video surveillance system, Polly engages in voyeuristic eavesdropping.

—Judith Mayne

… to demonstrate that the voyeuristic thrill of watching a stripper ceases at the moment of nakedness.

—Mark Morris

voyeuristically

ˌvwä-(ˌ)yər-ˈi-sti-k(ə-)lē 

ˌvȯi-ər-

adverb

In that film, the cameras voyeuristically followed actor Richard Gere as he worked out and dressed up.

—The Wall Street Journal

Examples of voyeuristic in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Slanted Floors is, by nature, voyeuristic. — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 18 June 2026

Michael Gallagher, who has a following on YouTube, shot it in a documentary-like style, with eerie re-creations of Applewhite’s space-cadet videos, and the drama is rigorous and voyeuristic in a fascinating way. — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 11 June 2026

So, as a voyeuristic video from afar (in violation of park policy) showed before Game 3, the San Antonio Spurs star visited the park with his sister, Éve, and others to sketch the statue in the middle of the space. — Jared Weiss, New York Times, 10 June 2026

This behavior has become epidemic in our voyeuristic and hopeless society. — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 4 May 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1919, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for voyeuristic

• agonistic
• altruistic
• animistic
• aphoristic
• atheistic
• atomistic
• cabalistic
• calvinistic
• chauvinistic
• dualistic
• egoistic
• egotistic

Medical Definition

voyeuristic

adjective

voy·​eur·​is·​tic ˌvwä-(ˌ)yər-ˈis-tik  ˌvȯi-ər- 

: of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a voyeur

voyeuristic drives

voyeuristically

-ti-k(ə-)lē 

adverb