er·o·tism

(ĕr′ə-tĭz′əm)

Eroticism.

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Noun	1.	erotism - a state of anticipation of sexuality eroticism sexual arousal - the arousal of sexual desires in preparation for sexual behavior
	2.	erotism - the arousal of feelings of sexual desire amativeness, sexiness, amorousness, eroticism concupiscence, physical attraction, sexual desire, eros - a desire for sexual intimacy carnality, lasciviousness, lubricity, prurience, pruriency - feeling morbid sexual desire or a propensity to lewdness

erotism

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Sexual hunger:

amativeness, concupiscence, desire, eroticism, itch, libidinousness, lust, lustfulness, passion, prurience, pruriency.

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In "On Transformations of Instinct as Exemplified in Anal Erotism," Freud explores the apparent interchangeability of the concepts shit/ money/baby/penis in the unconscious processes of his patients.

from Carmen Sans-Orifices

A new symbolic order is instituted here, very visible especially in the representations of erotism or of the erotics of the body in communication, with all the stereotypes associated to such representations (Frunza, Grad, Frunza 2016; Filipeanu, Luca, Anton, Cananau, Luca, Anton, 2015; Reichert, Lambiase 2002).

OUR DAILY BODY AND ITS INSTRUMENTAL ROLE IN COMMUNICATION. AUREL CODOBAN'S READING ,,BODY AS LANGUAGE"

In particular, a bimodal age distribution has been observed: patients in their twenties had FBs for anal erotism or because of sexual assaults, while patients in their sixties mainly used them for prostatic massages or to break faecalomas.

A Particular Use of Endobag[R]: Extraction of Rectal Foreign Bodies

Organised transgression together with the taboo make social life what it is' (Erotism, p64-65).

ZOYA KOSMODEMIANSKAYA BETWEEN SACRIFICE AND EXTERMINATION

(26) For an exploration of the plasticity of the taboo on violence, see Georges Bataille, Erotism: Death & Sensuality, trans.

Violence and transgression in Chretien de Troyes's Yvain, le Chevalier au Lion

Originally published as L'Erotisme (Paris: Les Editions de Minuit, 1957) and later published as Georges Bataille, Erotism, Death and Sensuality: A Study of Eroticism and Taboo, trans.

"Epidermic" and visceral works: Lygia Pape and Anna Maria Maiolino

(7) According to Bataille's observations on erotism, Guido's response is not uncommon as a lover will often think of killing his beloved or himself if he cannot possess the woman he desires.

Hyperbole in the work of Cesare Pavese: textual resistance and bodily defiance

Constant themes in the Karmadillo's cartoons are the curiosity for the natural world, which translate in a variety of funny situations born from natural real facts, and a goliardic sense of erotism - an erotism which is always finalized to the comic effect.

The Karmadillo Webcomic is Born

Making the difference: Erotism and aging in the work of the woman poet.

AN ETHNOGRAPHIC TEXTUAL ANALYSIS OF AGING AND THE ELDERS IN SOUTH WESTERN NIGERIA