adjective
- showing an excessive interest in observing the private affairs or activities of others
Usage: often disapproving
Examples
- The documentary took a voyeuristic approach to celebrity culture.
- Social media can encourage voyeuristic behavior toward strangers’ lives.
- Critics accused the reality show of appealing to voyeuristic instincts.
- The novel’s voyeuristic narrator observes his neighbors through their windows.
- She felt uncomfortable with the voyeuristic attention from the crowd.
- The photographer’s voyeuristic style captured intimate moments without permission.