epistemophilic instinct, n.All

The Epistemophilic instinct (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the urge to look and know; when strong and early repressed it makes brooding the chief symptom and sexualizes thinking itself.