Definition of erotism in English:
erotism
noun ˈɛrətɪz(ə)məˈräˌdizəm
mass nounSexual desire or excitement; eroticism.
Example sentencesExamples
- Let's take a look at a collection of pictures that shows how marketers use sex and erotism in advertising.
- That might be one of the differences between erotism and pornography, erotism shows the minimum for stimulation of imagination, while pornography shows everything, in excess.
- As such they can be seen as the church reclaiming the broader social memory of dance's image from the amnesia of an exclusive association with courtship erotism or parades of arms.
- Anal-erotism and urethral erotism both belong undoubtedly to the same period of development.
- We establish a space ‘between the oral erotism and the true object-relationship’.
Origin
Mid 19th century: from Greek erōs, erōt- 'sexual love' + -ism.