erotica
noun
erot·i·ca i-ˈrä-ti-kə 
plural in form but singular or plural in construction
1
: literary or artistic works having an erotic theme or quality
2
: depictions of things erotic
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Included among more than 100 individual works are postcards and magazine illustrations; photographs by Claude Cahun and F. Holland Day; vintage Japanese and Chinese erotica; and paintings by Marsden Hartley and Thomas Eakins. 
Lori Waxman, Chicago Tribune, 16 Sep. 2022 Tom of Finland’s gay erotica needs no introduction. Tiziana Cardini, Vogue, 22 Apr. 2022 Possession of child erotica is a relatively new criminal charge in Rhode Island. BostonGlobe.com, 31 Oct. 2021 The museum considered putting its erotica in the main showroom and decided to keep it separate to respect the museum’s history, said museum director Ulla Holmquist. Ryan Dube, WSJ, 28 Mar. 2022 The controversy culminated in Babin charging Netflix for promoting child erotica (content that depicts children in a lewd manner, not to be mistaken for child pornography). Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Mar. 2022 In her new comedy-horror series for STARZ, Shining Vale, Cox plays an erotica novelist who moves to a new town with her husband (Gregg Kinnear) and two children while tackling her depression, sobriety, and the eery vibe of their new house. Alexis Gaskin, Glamour, 22 Feb. 2022 Agathe Roussel's nihilistic model prefers to practice auto-erotica her way, and her communion with a Cadillac is both unsettling and weirdly beautiful. Leah Greenblatt, EW.com, 13 Dec. 2021 The scenery was pinier and more romantic than the tree erotica of a Yankee Candle jar. New York Times, 27 Oct. 2021 See More
Lori Waxman, Chicago Tribune, 16 Sep. 2022 Tom of Finland’s gay erotica needs no introduction. Tiziana Cardini, Vogue, 22 Apr. 2022 Possession of child erotica is a relatively new criminal charge in Rhode Island. BostonGlobe.com, 31 Oct. 2021 The museum considered putting its erotica in the main showroom and decided to keep it separate to respect the museum’s history, said museum director Ulla Holmquist. Ryan Dube, WSJ, 28 Mar. 2022 The controversy culminated in Babin charging Netflix for promoting child erotica (content that depicts children in a lewd manner, not to be mistaken for child pornography). Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Mar. 2022 In her new comedy-horror series for STARZ, Shining Vale, Cox plays an erotica novelist who moves to a new town with her husband (Gregg Kinnear) and two children while tackling her depression, sobriety, and the eery vibe of their new house. Alexis Gaskin, Glamour, 22 Feb. 2022 Agathe Roussel's nihilistic model prefers to practice auto-erotica her way, and her communion with a Cadillac is both unsettling and weirdly beautiful. Leah Greenblatt, EW.com, 13 Dec. 2021 The scenery was pinier and more romantic than the tree erotica of a Yankee Candle jar. New York Times, 27 Oct. 2021 See More Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from Greek erōtika, neuter plural of erōtikos
First Known Use
1819, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Medical Definition
erotica
noun, plural in form but singular or plural in construction
erot·i·ca i-ˈrät-i-kə
: literary or artistic works having an erotic theme or quality
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