exhibitionism
自己顕示癖
解説 Definition
人の注意や称賛を集めるために、自分の姿や能力、私生活などをことさらに見せびらかそうとする傾向を指します。日常語では、目立ちたがりな自己演出をやや否定的に表すことが多いです。文脈によっては、性的な露出によって興奮を得る「露出症」を指す専門的な意味もあります。
Exhibitionism is behavior in which someone strongly wants attention by showing themselves, their body, or their private life in a way that seems excessive. In psychology, it can also refer to a sexual behavior disorder, but in everyday use it often means obvious attention-seeking.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
exhibit（展示する）から、「人前に出して見せる」という核をつかむと覚えやすいです。exhibitionism は、自分自身を展示物のように見せて注目を集めたがる感じです。日常語では show off や attention-seeking に近く、専門的には「露出症」の意味もあるので、文脈で判断してください。
Connect it to `exhibit` and `exhibition`, both about showing something to other people. With `-ism`, it becomes a habit or tendency, so `exhibitionism` suggests wanting to put yourself on display. It is closer to `showing off` or attention-seeking than to healthy confidence.
例文
His constant exhibitionism on social media annoyed even his close friends.
ソーシャルメディアで絶えず自分を誇示する彼の態度は、親しい友人たちさえいら立たせた。
Some critics dismissed the performance as pure exhibitionism.
一部の批評家はそのパフォーマンスを単なる自己顕示癖の表れだと切り捨てた。
The interview felt less informative than an act of exhibitionism.
そのインタビューは有益というより、自己顕示の場のように感じられた。
exhibitionism の類義語・関連語
exhibitionism の語源・成り立ち Etymology
exhibitionism は exhibition＋-ism。exhibition はラテン語 exhibere（外へ ex-＋持つ habere で「外に差し出す」）に遡り、見せることが原義です。inhibit や habit も同系で、自己を外へ見せたがる意味が腑に落ちます。
Exhibitionism comes from exhibition plus the suffix -ism. Exhibition goes back to Latin exhibere, from ex- "out" and habere "to hold," so its basic sense was "hold out" or "present for view." Related words include inhibit and habit, and the idea developed toward openly displaying oneself.
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