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Examples of eroticism in a Sentence
the subtle eroticism of his films
an actress known for her smoldering eroticism
Recent Examples of eroticism from the Web
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The film's didacticism can be heavy-handed, but as usual LaBruce leavens it with humor and eroticism.
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The museum is standing by the artist, saying the performance is not about eroticism, and that the girl participated under her mother's supervision.
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Her art has thrived, in part, on a physical candor that both shocked people and redrew the boundaries of taste, beauty and eroticism around her masculinity, ebony skin and unrelenting intensity.
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His physical presence is slightly dazzling, unnerving, with a subversive, greased-by-eroticism effect.
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His marble statues of mythological heroes were celebrated for the perfection of their poised athleticism, his female and amatory groups admired for their refined eroticism and emotional tenderness.
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Salonen brought out the unabashed eroticism and sensuality of the Richard Dehmel poem that inspired Schoenberg’s tone poem.
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Yet, there also is an uneasy eroticism, more startling than directly arousing, but which still dangerously pulls the audience to the characters.
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The film’s pervasive eroticism and nudity may raise interest in some quarters.
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First Known Use of eroticism
1881
eroticism Synonyms
Synonyms
ardor, lust, lustfulness, passion;
Near Antonyms
Related Words
lasciviousness, lewdness, libidinousness, licentiousness, salaciousness, wantonness;
EROTICISM Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of eroticism for English Language Learners
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: a quality that causes sexual feelings
Medical Dictionary
medical Definition of eroticism
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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