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eroticism definitions

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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a state of anticipation of sexuality [syn: eroticism, erotism]
2: the arousal of feelings of sexual desire [syn: amorousness, eroticism, erotism, sexiness, amativeness]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1881 1. an erotic theme or quality 2. a state of sexual arousal 3. insistent sexual impulse or desire • eroticist noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 erotic nature or character. 2 the use of or reponse to erotic images or stimulation.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Eroticism E*rot"i*cism, n. Erotic quality.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Eroticism is sexual excitement, or the quality of being able to arouse sexual excitement. (FORMAL) Almost all of Massenet's works are pervaded with an aura of eroticism.

Moby Thesaurus

andromania, animality, aphrodisia, bawdiness, biological urge, bodily appetite, carnal desire, carnality, clitoromania, concupiscence, desire, dirtiness, eromania, eroticomania, eroticomaniac, erotism, erotomania, fleshliness, fleshly lust, furor uterinus, goatishness, gynecomania, horniness, hot blood, hot pants, hysteromania, indecency, infantile sexuality, itch, lasciviousness, lecherousness, lechery, lewdness, libidinousness, lickerishness, lubriciousness, lubricity, lust, lustfulness, nymphomania, obscenity, passion, polymorphous perversity, prurience, pruriency, randiness, salaciousness, salacity, satyriasis, satyrism, sensuality, sexiness, sexual desire, sexual longing, sexual passion, sexuality, uteromania, venereal appetite