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Recent Examples of eroticism So naturally, themes like desire, eroticism and religion emerge as tools to think about the tensions of my characters within the film’s world. Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 3 July 2025 Sexuality and eroticism should be seen as something that brings us pleasure and joy—not something to be feared. Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 June 2025 There’s not much room for nuance here — the political horse-trading involved in creating this opportunity is particularly unconvincing — and the film’s leering eroticism undercuts the seriousness of its case for women as equals on the battlefield. Scott Tobias, Vulture, 20 Nov. 2024 Diwan has said the script was conceived as an exploration of eroticism in the post-#MeToo era. Lily Ford, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Sep. 2024 See All Example Sentences for eroticism
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Noun
  • Motivated by Friede’s fearsome Charizard and with almost as much lust for adventure as his trainer Roy, this little fireball (evolved in season two to Crocalor) wants to be the very best, like no one ever was.
    Jack Smart, PEOPLE, 10 Oct. 2025
  • That remark — coupled with the image of the ingenue Tilly — generated an outpouring of fury, anxiety, fascination and lust.
    Gene Maddaus, Variety, 8 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Some top producers and talent were impressed by Weiss’ desire to immediately juice the network’s political bookings, as well as her ability to actually nab a few notable guests, like former secretaries of state Hillary Clinton and Condoleezza Rice.
    Max Tani, semafor.com, 13 Oct. 2025
  • The desire behind the making of the series was to right that wrong.
    Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 12 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Can a player with such high-level talent supplement his passion with winning focus?
    Dan Wiederer, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Her discovery, her self-creation, her passion, and emergence as an artist felt braided with what had originally fascinated me about paint-making.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Oct. 2025

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“Eroticism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/eroticism. Accessed 13 Oct. 2025.

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