noun
Clinical term for the paraphilic interest in observing unsuspecting people, especially when they are undressing or engaged in sexual activity. Used in psychiatric contexts.
窃視症は精神医学の分野で研究されている。
Voyeurism is studied in the field of psychiatry.
露出症 (exhibitionism) is the counterpart paraphilia involving exposing oneself to others, whereas 窃視症 involves watching others.
Compound of 窃視 (せっし, 'peeping, voyeurism') and 症 (しょう, 'symptom, disorder'). The term is a modern medical coinage, likely calqued from Western psychiatric terminology.