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German
Etymology
From schauen + Lust.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʃaʊ̯ˌlʊst/
- Hyphenation: Schau‧lust
Noun
Schaulust f (genitive Schaulust, plural (rare) Schaulüste)
- (often derogatory) (voyeuristic) curiosity, voyeurism; the desire or enjoyment of watching (a spectacle etc.)
1922, Sigmund Freud, Drei Abhandlungen zur Sexualtheorie:Die Macht, welche der Schaulust entgegensteht und eventuell durch sie aufgehoben wird, ist die Scham (wie vorhin der Ekel).- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
2017 August 24, Daniel Haas, Oliver Hollenstein, “An den Ufern des Verdachts”, in Die Zeit:Medien sind an sich keine Horrorkinos, sie spiegeln, verstärken und verzerren lediglich die Schaulust des Publikums.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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