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eroticism
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun eroticism has 2 senses
- eroticism(n = noun.state) erotism - a state of anticipation of sexuality; Array is a kind of sexual arousal
- eroticism(n = noun.feeling) amativeness, amorousness, erotism, sexiness - the arousal of feelings of sexual desire; Array is a kind of concupiscence, eros, physical attraction, sexual desire
has particulars: carnality, lasciviousness, lubricity, prurience, pruriency
OXFORD DICTIONARY
eroticism, n.
1 erotic nature or character.
2 the use of or reponse to erotic images or stimulation.
1 erotic nature or character.
2 the use of or reponse to erotic images or stimulation.
THESAURUS
eroticism
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
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