Definitions for eroticism

eroticism e·rot·i·cism

Spelling: [ih-rot-uh-siz-uh m]
IPA: /ɪˈrɒt əˌsɪz əm/

Eroticism is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 482 anagrams from letters in eroticism (ceiimorst).

Definitions for eroticism

noun

  1. the sexual or erotic quality or character of something.
  2. the use of sexually arousing or suggestive symbolism, settings, allusions, situations, etc., in art, literature, drama, or the like.
  3. the condition of being sexually aroused or excited.
  4. sexual drive or tendency.
  5. an abnormally persistent sexual drive.

Origin of eroticism

First recorded in 1880-85; erotic + -ism

Examples for eroticism

But that which he knew best of all was the history of eroticism.

She was a person of strong common sense, and this mixture of religion and eroticism disgusted her.

“Politics and celebrity — there is a bit of eroticism in the show too, and also cultural critique,” Phillips explains.

Homoeroticism might be how this particular repressed desire gets expressed, but intimacy is not the same thing as eroticism.

There are yet other evidences of degeneration; witness the eroticism that is to be found in our literature.

Islam has a very rich tradition of sacred sexuality and eroticism.

eroticism is no more a vice than sexual anæsthesia is a virtue.

He lacks passion, and he is never wanton; his eroticism is only Epicureanism.

Vien it was who, suppressing the eroticism of Boucher, instigated the so-called classic revival founded on Græco-Roman ideals.

We Americans are still pretty strong on eroticism, but all too often it is fear that spurs us or restrains us.

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