erotism
1. a state of anticipation of sexuality • Syn: eroticism • Hypernyms: sexual arousal 2. the arousal of feelings of sexual desire • Syn: amorousness, eroticism, sexiness, amativeness • Derivationally related forms: amative (for: amativeness), sexy (for: sexiness), amorous (for: amorousness) • Hypernyms: sexual desire, eros, concupiscence, physical attraction • Hyponyms: prurience, pruriency, lasciviousness, carnality, lubricity
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