eroticism

English

Etymology

From erotic +‎ -ism.

Pronunciation

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Noun

eroticism (usually uncountable, plural eroticisms)

1. the state of being erotic, or of being sexually aroused
2. sexual excitement, especially if abnormally persistent
3. a sexual interest in something; an attraction, fetish, etc.
   • 1981 August 15, Nancy Wechsler, Gayle Rubin, Pat Califia, “Sadomasochism: Fears, Facts, Fantasies”, in Gay Community News, volume 9, number 5, page 6:

     There is a range of fantasies available to all of us in this culture. I think that everyone has a range of possibilities. Nevertheless, we all specialize; we all have preferences. A lot of people have those [sadomasochistic] fantasies cut ^[sic] it isn't their primary eroticism, or even something they want to try.

Derived terms

• autoeroticism
• sacred eroticism

Translations

the state of being erotic, or of being sexually aroused

• Belarusian: эро́тыка f (erótyka)
• Bulgarian: еро́тика (bg) f (erótika)
• Catalan: erotisme (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 性感 (zh) (xìnggǎn), 色情 (zh) (sèqíng)

• Czech: erotika (cs) f
• Danish: erotik c
• Finnish: erotiikka (fi)
• French: érotisme (fr) m
• German: Erotik (de) f
• Greek: ερωτισμός (el) m (erotismós)
• Hindi: शृंगारिकता f (śŕṅgāriktā)
• Irish: earótachas m, anghrá m, anghráchas m
• Italian: erotismo (it) m
• Japanese: エロ (ja) (ero), 好色 (ja) (こうしょく, kōshoku)
• Korean: 성욕(性慾) (seong'yok)
• Macedonian: еротика f (erotika)
• Manx: an-ghraaghys m
• Norman: érotisme m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: erotikk m

  Nynorsk: erotikk m

• Occitan: erotisme m
• Polish: erotyka (pl) f, erotyzm (pl) m
• Russian: эро́тика (ru) f (erótika)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: еро̀тика f

  Roman: eròtika (sh) f

• Slovak: erotika (sk) f
• Slovene: erotika f
• Spanish: erótica (es) f, erotismo m
• Ukrainian: еро́тика f (erótyka)

sexual excitement, especially if abnormally persistent

• Japanese: エロティシズム (ja) (erotishizumu)
• Korean: 에로티시즘 (erotisijeum)
• Polish: erotyka (pl) f, erotyzm (pl) m
• Russian: эроти́зм (ru) m (erotízm)

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