eroticism

eroticism
erot·i·cism i-'rät-ə-.siz-əm n
1) the arousal of or the attempt to arouse sexual feeling by means of suggestion, symbolism, or allusion (as in an art form)
2) a state of sexual arousal or anticipation (as from stimulation of erogenous zones)
3) insistent sexual impulse or desire

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n.
1. those elements in thought, imagination, pictorial imagery, literature, or the arts that tend to arouse sexual excitement or desire.
2. actual sexual arousal.
3. a greater than average disposition for sex and all its manifestations.
4. sexual interest or excitement prompted by contemplation or stimulation of areas of the body not normally associated with sexuality. The terms anal eroticism and oral eroticism are used both in a theoretical Freudian sense and in reference to adult physical sexual activity.

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erot·i·cism (ə-rotґĭ-siz-əm) a sexual instinct or desire; the expression of one's instinctual energy or drive, especially the sex drive. Called also erotism.

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