Mixoscopy

Pronunciation

• IPA: /mɪkˈsÉ’skÉ™pi/

Origin

Borrowed from , from Ancient Greek μίξις ("intercourse") + German -skopie ("-scopy"). Reportedly coined by Albert_Moll (1862–1939).

Full definition of mixoscopy

Noun

1. (psychology) The attainment of sexual pleasure from watching other people have sex.
• 1927, Havelock_Ellis, Studies in the Psychology of Sex, vol 4, p. 299,Founded on the sense of vision also we find a phenomenon, bordering on the abnormal, which is by Moll termed mixoscopy. This means the sexual pleasure derived from the spectacle of other persons engaged in natural or perverse sexual actions.