Erotism

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  • noun. Eroticism.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A condition marked by erotic tendencies; eroticism.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. eroticism
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a state of anticipation of sexuality
  • noun. the arousal of feelings of sexual desire
  • Word Usage
    "No gothic, no enjoyable erotism, no spirit of E.A.Poe in all this."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract