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eroticism

[ih-rot-uh-siz-uhm] / ɪˈrɒt əˌsɪz əm /
NOUN
sexual excitement
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While many in the ace community are sex-positive without necessarily wanting to have sex themselves, sometimes queerness gets reduced to an eroticism that leaves out ace identities, she said.

From Salon Mar. 16, 2024

As Marina Warner wrote in her book Stranger Magic, “Galland transformed his sources, his fluent prose adding politesse and polish. … He expurgated the eroticism that heightens many passages in the original.”

From Slate Apr. 10, 2019

A vast Indian literature attests to mutably gendered men and women, elite as well as folk traditions of androgyny and same-sex eroticism.

From The Guardian Mar. 17, 2018

Seemingly uncomplicated and improvisational, the works set off startling strings of associations and meaning, tearing through references to race, gender, eroticism, art, fashion, culture and history like crashing dominoes.

From New York Times Aug. 17, 2017

The lights were on, as usual, since Serena Joy always avoided anything that would have created an aura of romance or eroticism, however slight: overhead lights, harsh despite the canopy.

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood




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