alloeroticadj.
/ˌaləʊᵻˈrɒtɪk/, U.S. /ˌæloʊəˈrɑdɪk/ Psychology and Psychoanalysis.
Of, relating to, characterized by, or associated with alloeroticism.
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the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual desire > [adjective] > relating to sexual excitement > specific
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1910 Maryland Med. Jrnl. 228 Periods of self-absorption, reserve, and taciturnity correspond with predominance of auto-erotic interests, and those of expansiveness with allo-erotic.
1936 Brit. Jrnl. Psychol. 26 284 The contrast between object-love, or allo-erotic libido, and self-love, narcissistic libido.
1990 E. K. Sedgwick Epistemology of Closet 26 Some people's sexual orientation is intensely marked by autoerotic pleasures and histories—sometimes more so than by any aspect of alloerotic object choice.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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