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Definition of Amativeness
1. 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 Amativeness
1. n. The faculty supposed to influence sexual desire; propensity to love.
Definition of Amativeness
1. Noun. (context: phrenology) The state or quality of being amative; propensity to love or sexual feelings. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Amativeness
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Medical Definition of Amativeness
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Amativeness
Literary usage of Amativeness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Chapters on Human Love by Walter Matthew Gallichan (1898)
"amativeness. Description of the faculty—Its potentiality for good or ill—Physiological
... amativeness has therefore a somewhat varying connotation. ..."
2. Heads and Faces, and how to Study Them: A Manual of Phrenology and by Nelson Sizer, Henry Shipman Drayton (1885)
"A loving face end head. may be on amativeness plainly, and then their continued
harmonious relations are likely to be doubtful. People who are attracted by ..."
3. Cranio-muscular Origins of Brain and Mind by Philip Henry Erbés (1904)
"Carnality in the 1 Oc. C. amativeness in the 2 Oc. C. Carnality in the 1 Oc. C.
amativeness in the 2 Oc. C. The emotional areas at the base of the brain ..."
4. Jacques Bonhomme, John Bull on the Continent, From My Letter-box by Max O'Rell (1901)
"THERE 1S probably no being in whom the bump of amativeness is more developed than
it is in the Frenchman. The poor fellow must love; he cannot help it. ..."
5. A System of phrenology by George Combe (1860)
"There are men thus organized who have a particular affection for children, and
in whom the organs of amativeness and Adhesiveness are small—who bear the ..."
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