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eroticism

noun

erot·​i·​cism i-ˈrä-tə-ˌsi-zəm How to pronounce eroticism (audio)
1
: an erotic theme or quality
2
: a state of sexual arousal
3
: insistent sexual impulse or desire
eroticist noun

Example Sentences

the subtle eroticism of his films an actress known for her smoldering eroticism
Recent Examples on the Web There’s peacocking humor, capers, and passages of shuddering eroticism. Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2022 What remains is a subdued, almost dream-like collision of brutality, language, and eroticism that reads as both suspenseful and philosophical. Erik Morse, Vogue, 9 July 2022 Despite some ludicrous dialogue in Ayn Rand’s script, Vidor’s restless sensibility and interest in the consciousness of an artist yield a compelling work filled with dynamic compositions, fierce eroticism and actors filmed with sculptural force. Kristin M. Jones, WSJ, 30 July 2022 For all its bare bodies and physical contact, this modern-dress (and undressed) production, which opened on Saturday, realizes that eroticism comes not just from lovers pawing each other, but also from distance. New York Times, 12 July 2022 Idealization is clearly a preoccupation, as is eroticism. Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 22 Apr. 2022 Severed from the workplace intrigue of costumes and shoots, the show’s eroticism blooms. Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2022 The director has since won a cult following for his idiosyncractic style, vivid depictions of violence and eroticism, and provocative imagery. Gavin Blair, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Apr. 2022 Rather, her face was a Baroque cathedral of angles and folds, angels and cherubs, that captured, at once, the sublime eroticism and starry-eyed naïveté of the counterculture’s new religion of desire. Erik Morse, Vogue, 17 Mar. 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1881, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of eroticism was in 1881

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