Meaning of EROTICISM

Pronunciation:			i'râti`sizum
WordNet Dictionary
	Definition:		[n]  the arousal of feelings of sexual desire [n]  a state of anticipation of sexuality
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	Synonyms:		amativeness, amorousness, erotism, erotism, sexiness
	See Also:		carnality, concupiscence, lasciviousness, physical attraction, prurience, pruriency, sexual arousal, sexual desire
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
	Definition:		\E*rot"i*cism\, n. Erotic quality.
Thesaurus Terms
	Related Terms:		andromania, animality, aphrodisia, bawdiness, biological urge, bodily appetite, carnal desire, carnality, clitoromania, concupiscence, desire, dirtiness, eromania, eroticomania, eroticomaniac, erotism, erotomania, fleshliness, fleshly lust, furor uterinus, goatishness, gynecomania, horniness, hot blood, hot pants, hysteromania, indecency, infantile sexuality, itch, lasciviousness, lecherousness, lechery, lewdness, libidinousness, lickerishness, lubriciousness, lubricity, lust, lustfulness, nymphomania, obscenity, passion, polymorphous perversity, prurience, pruriency, randiness, salaciousness, salacity, satyriasis, satyrism, sensuality, sexiness, sexual desire, sexual longing, sexual passion, sexuality, uteromania, venereal appetite