inspectionism
English edit
Etymology edit
inspection + -ism
Noun edit
inspectionism (uncountable)
- (dated) voyeurism
- 1924, Oskar Pfister, Love in Children and Its Aberrations, page 180:
- He had often been caught when practising inspectionism upon girls of his own age, or upon the servants.
- 1960, Louis Peter Thorpe, The Psychology of Mental Health, page 474:
- Inspectionism or voyeurism is widely regarded as a defense mechanism which the individual adopts in an effort to safeguard his psychological integrity.