noun
Psychological term for deriving pleasure from looking at something or someone, often with a sexual connotation. Used in academic or clinical contexts.
スコポフィリーは精神分析の概念の一つだ。
Scopophilia is one of the concepts in psychoanalysis.
A more clinical Japanese term for voyeurism, whereas スコポフィリー is the direct loanword used in psychoanalytic contexts.
Borrowed from English 'scopophilia', which derives from Greek 'skopein' (to look) and 'philia' (love).