"eroticism" meaning in English

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Noun

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Etymology: From erotic + -ism. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|erotic|ism}} erotic + -ism Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} eroticism (usually uncountable, plural eroticisms)
  1. the state of being erotic, or of being sexually aroused Tags: uncountable, usually Translations (the state of being erotic, or of being sexually aroused): эро́тыка (erótyka) [feminine] (Belarusian), еро́тика (erótika) [feminine] (Bulgarian), erotisme [masculine] (Catalan), 性感 (xìnggǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), 色情 (sèqíng) (Chinese Mandarin), erotika [feminine] (Czech), erotik [common-gender] (Danish), erotiikka (Finnish), érotisme [masculine] (French), Erotik [feminine] (German), ερωτισμός (erotismós) [masculine] (Greek), शृंगारिकता (śŕṅgāriktā) [feminine] (Hindi), earótachas [masculine] (Irish), anghrá [masculine] (Irish), anghráchas [masculine] (Irish), erotismo [masculine] (Italian), エロ (ero) (Japanese), 好色 (kōshoku) (alt: こうしょく) (Japanese), 성욕 (seong'yok) (alt: 性慾) (Korean), еротика (erotika) [feminine] (Macedonian), an-ghraaghys [masculine] (Manx), érotisme [masculine] (Norman), erotikk [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), erotikk [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), erotisme [masculine] (Occitan), erotyka [feminine] (Polish), erotyzm [masculine] (Polish), эро́тика (erótika) [feminine] (Russian), еро̀тика [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), eròtika [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), erotika [feminine] (Slovak), erotika [feminine] (Slovene), erótica [feminine] (Spanish), erotismo [masculine] (Spanish), еро́тика (erótyka) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
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  2. sexual excitement, especially if abnormally persistent Tags: uncountable, usually Translations (sexual excitement, especially if abnormally persistent): エロティシズム (erotishizumu) (Japanese), 에로티시즘 (erotisijeum) (Korean), erotyka [feminine] (Polish), erotyzm [masculine] (Polish), эроти́зм (erotízm) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-eroticism-en-noun-vbxF~sPZ Disambiguation of 'sexual excitement, especially if abnormally persistent': 2 94 4
  3. a sexual interest in something; an attraction, fetish, etc. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Sex
    Sense id: en-eroticism-en-noun-vVxn0CK8 Disambiguation of Sex: 22 28 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: autoeroticism, pseudoeroticism, sacred eroticism

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1981 August 15, Nancy Wechsler, Gayle Rubin, Pat Califia, “Sadomasochism: Fears, Facts, Fantasies”, in Gay Community News, volume 9, number 5, page 6:",
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      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "erótyka",
      "sense": "the state of being erotic, or of being sexually aroused",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "эро́тыка"
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      "roman": "erótika",
      "sense": "the state of being erotic, or of being sexually aroused",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "еро́тика"
    },
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      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "the state of being erotic, or of being sexually aroused",
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xìnggǎn",
      "sense": "the state of being erotic, or of being sexually aroused",
      "word": "性感"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "sèqíng",
      "sense": "the state of being erotic, or of being sexually aroused",
      "word": "色情"
    },
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "the state of being erotic, or of being sexually aroused",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "erotika"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "the state of being erotic, or of being sexually aroused",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "erotik"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "the state of being erotic, or of being sexually aroused",
      "word": "erotiikka"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "the state of being erotic, or of being sexually aroused",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "érotisme"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "the state of being erotic, or of being sexually aroused",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Erotik"
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "erotismós",
      "sense": "the state of being erotic, or of being sexually aroused",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ερωτισμός"
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      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "śŕṅgāriktā",
      "sense": "the state of being erotic, or of being sexually aroused",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "शृंगारिकता"
    },
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      "code": "ga",
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      "sense": "the state of being erotic, or of being sexually aroused",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "the state of being erotic, or of being sexually aroused",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "ga",
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      "sense": "the state of being erotic, or of being sexually aroused",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "the state of being erotic, or of being sexually aroused",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "erotismo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "ero",
      "sense": "the state of being erotic, or of being sexually aroused",
      "word": "エロ"
    },
    {
      "alt": "こうしょく",
      "code": "ja",
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      "roman": "kōshoku",
      "sense": "the state of being erotic, or of being sexually aroused",
      "word": "好色"
    },
    {
      "alt": "性慾",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "seong'yok",
      "sense": "the state of being erotic, or of being sexually aroused",
      "word": "성욕"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "erotika",
      "sense": "the state of being erotic, or of being sexually aroused",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "еротика"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "the state of being erotic, or of being sexually aroused",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "an-ghraaghys"
    },
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      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "the state of being erotic, or of being sexually aroused",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "érotisme"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "the state of being erotic, or of being sexually aroused",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "erotikk"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "the state of being erotic, or of being sexually aroused",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "erotikk"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "the state of being erotic, or of being sexually aroused",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "erotisme"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "the state of being erotic, or of being sexually aroused",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "erotyka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "the state of being erotic, or of being sexually aroused",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "erotyzm"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "erótika",
      "sense": "the state of being erotic, or of being sexually aroused",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "эро́тика"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "the state of being erotic, or of being sexually aroused",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "еро̀тика"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "the state of being erotic, or of being sexually aroused",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "eròtika"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "the state of being erotic, or of being sexually aroused",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "erotika"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "the state of being erotic, or of being sexually aroused",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "erotika"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "the state of being erotic, or of being sexually aroused",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "erótica"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "the state of being erotic, or of being sexually aroused",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "erotismo"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "erótyka",
      "sense": "the state of being erotic, or of being sexually aroused",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "еро́тика"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "erotishizumu",
      "sense": "sexual excitement, especially if abnormally persistent",
      "word": "エロティシズム"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "erotisijeum",
      "sense": "sexual excitement, especially if abnormally persistent",
      "word": "에로티시즘"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "sexual excitement, especially if abnormally persistent",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "erotyka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "sexual excitement, especially if abnormally persistent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "erotyzm"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "erotízm",
      "sense": "sexual excitement, especially if abnormally persistent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "эроти́зм"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "eroticism"
  ],
  "word": "eroticism"
}

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