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Definition of Eroticism
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 Eroticism
1. n. Erotic quality.
Definition of Eroticism
1. Noun. the state of being erotic, or of being sexually aroused ¹
2. Noun. sexual excitement, especially if abnormally persistent ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Eroticism
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Eroticism
| erotetic erotetically erotised erotises erotising |
Literary usage of Eroticism
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Adolescent Girl: A Study from the Psychoanalytic Viewpoint by Phyllis Mary Blanchard (1920)
"... Love for older persons; Female periodicity of the sexual impulse; Individual
differences in eroticism; Dream-life of adolescent girls:—Symbolic dreams, ..."
2. Tragic Russia by Wacław Gąsiovowski (1908)
"The wedded life of the Imperial couple was not very exemplary, because of
Alexander's eroticism. The Czar was very elegant in his manners ; he was even very ..."
3. The Family and the New Democracy: A Study in Social Hygiene by Anna Mary Galbraith (1920)
"... the Double Standard of Morals; Natural Feminine eroticism, or the Sexual
Appetite in Woman; Continence in Man and the Mode of Individual Life; ..."
4. Psychopathology by Edward John Kempf (1920)
"... eroticism he did not renounce all self-control with quite the abandon of the
following case. Case MD-12, a Costa Rican boy, eighteen years of age, ..."
5. Eros: The Development of the Sex Relation Through the Ages by Emil Lucka (1915)
"THE LOVE-DEATH (SECOND FORM OF METAPHYSICAL eroticism.) The craving for infinitude
is latent in love; its essence is the longing to reach ..."
6. A Text-book of mental diseases: With Special Reference to the Pathological by William Bevan Lewis (1890)
"... of Excitement and Stupor— Hysteria and Menstrual Irregularity- eroticism (AS,
MAM)—Recurrence in Adolescence (MCW)—Recurrence at the Climacteric (H. 0. ..."
7. Pedagogics as a System by Karl Rosenkranz (1872)
"... and living relation to Christ—a relation in which all the eroticism of the
mystical passion of the begging-friars was renewed in a somewhat milder form ..."
8. Psychanalysis: Its Theories and Practical Application by Abraham Arden Brill (1912)
"Now Freud describes the persons showing the anal eroticism as being especially
orderly, economical, and obstinate. Every one of these terms embraces a small ..."
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