Synonyms
Examples of eroticism in a Sentence
the subtle eroticism of his films
an actress known for her smoldering eroticism
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Her commitment to the film's eroticism and go-for-broke attitude distracted some from what the movie was really trying to say.
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Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 4 Mar. 2024
With Felicia and Lenny watching, the sailors begin moving to the infectiously alive, jazzy music, their snaky hips and tight uniforms emphasizing the choreography’s muscular eroticism; and then a sailor beckons Lenny to join in the fun.
—Manohla Dargis, New York Times, 22 Nov. 2023
There’s no shortage of evidence for yes: the breasts and buttocks like googly eyes, the jagged planes making nonsense of Delacroix’s hushed eroticism.
—Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 18 Dec. 2023
Hindu cosmology and Tantric traditions intermingle with angels and the Greek goddesses as Kandel’s eroticism merges into spiritual mysticism.
—Joy Lanzendorfer, The New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2023
Many are powerfully expressive of deep emotion, charged with palpable eroticism and enlivened by vectors of thrusting energy.
—Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 7 Nov. 2023
Claudel and Rodin both reveled in youth, dance and eroticism.
—Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 7 Nov. 2023
This is not far from Kafka, though the language leans toward eroticism rather than angst.
—A.o. Scott, New York Times, 21 June 2023
Schiele was a highly important artist in turn-of-the-century Vienna, known for the emotional intensity and frank eroticism of his controversial portraits, including those of prepubescent girls.
—Steven Litt, cleveland, 15 Sep. 2023
Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 4 Mar. 2024
With Felicia and Lenny watching, the sailors begin moving to the infectiously alive, jazzy music, their snaky hips and tight uniforms emphasizing the choreography’s muscular eroticism; and then a sailor beckons Lenny to join in the fun.
—Manohla Dargis, New York Times, 22 Nov. 2023
There’s no shortage of evidence for yes: the breasts and buttocks like googly eyes, the jagged planes making nonsense of Delacroix’s hushed eroticism.
—Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 18 Dec. 2023
Hindu cosmology and Tantric traditions intermingle with angels and the Greek goddesses as Kandel’s eroticism merges into spiritual mysticism.
—Joy Lanzendorfer, The New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2023
Many are powerfully expressive of deep emotion, charged with palpable eroticism and enlivened by vectors of thrusting energy.
—Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 7 Nov. 2023
Claudel and Rodin both reveled in youth, dance and eroticism.
—Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 7 Nov. 2023
This is not far from Kafka, though the language leans toward eroticism rather than angst.
—A.o. Scott, New York Times, 21 June 2023
Schiele was a highly important artist in turn-of-the-century Vienna, known for the emotional intensity and frank eroticism of his controversial portraits, including those of prepubescent girls.
—Steven Litt, cleveland, 15 Sep. 2023
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Word History
First Known Use
1881, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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“Eroticism.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/eroticism. Accessed 16 Apr. 2024.
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Medical Definition
eroticism
noun
erot·i·cism
i-ˈrät-ə-ˌsiz-əm 
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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