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Definition of Erotism
1. Noun. A state of anticipation of sexuality.
2. Noun. The arousal of feelings of sexual desire.
Generic synonyms: Concupiscence, Eros, Physical Attraction, Sexual Desire
Specialized synonyms: Carnality, Lasciviousness, Lubricity, Prurience, Pruriency
Derivative terms: Amative, Amorous, Sexy, Sexy
Definition of Erotism
1. Noun. eroticism ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Erotism
1. sexual excitement [n -S]
Medical Definition of Erotism
1. A condition of sexual excitement. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Erotism
| erotised erotises erotising erotisms erotizations erotized erotizes erotizing erotogenicity |
Literary usage of Erotism
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Sex and life: What the Experienced Should Teach and what the Inexperienced by Walter Franklin Robie (1920)
"Practically every man, and nearly every woman has had at one time or another,
some personal experience with auto- erotism. The author long ago satisfied ..."
2. The Problem of the Nervous Child by Elida Evans (1920)
"CHAPTER X MUSCLE erotism AT.T. animals, especially young ones, experience peculiar
sensations of a pleasurable ..."
3. Contributions to Psycho-analysis by Sándor Ferenczi (1916)
"CHAPTER XII THE NOSOLOGY OF MALE HOMOSEXUALITY (HOMO- erotism)* WHAT we have
learned about homosexuality through psycho-analysis may be put together in a ..."
4. Problems in Dynamic Psychology: A Critique of Psychoanalysis and Suggested by John Thompson MacCurdy (1922)
"From the occurrence of six cases where irritability was present with no indication
of auto-erotism one might therefore conclude that the tantrum reaction ..."
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