eroticism – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
eroticism
n.
sensuality, sexual quality
Eroticism
Eroticism (from the
Greek ἔρως,
eros—"desire") is a
quality that causes
sexual feelings, as well as a philosophical contemplation concerning the
aesthetics of sexual desire,
sensuality and
romantic love. That quality may be found in any form of artwork, including
painting,
sculpture,
photography,
drama,
film,
music or
literature. It may also be found in
advertising. The term may also refer to a state of
sexual arousal or anticipation of such – an insistent sexual
impulse,
desire, or pattern of thoughts.
eroticism
Noun
1. a state of anticipation of sexuality
(synonym) erotism
(hypernym) sexual arousal
2. the arousal of feelings of sexual desire
(synonym) amorousness, erotism, sexiness, amativeness
(hypernym) sexual desire, concupiscence, physical attraction
(hyponym) prurience, pruriency, lasciviousness, carnality
Eroticism
(n.)
Erotic quality.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
About
eroticism
Synonyms and related words:
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
Source: Moby Thesaurus, which is part of the
Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.
