eroticism

Example Sentences

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While many in the ace community are sex-positive without necessarily wanting to have sex themselves, sometimes queerness gets reduced to an eroticism that leaves out ace identities, she said.

From Salon • Mar. 16, 2024

As Marina Warner wrote in her book Stranger Magic, “Galland transformed his sources, his fluent prose adding politesse and polish. … He expurgated the eroticism that heightens many passages in the original.”

From Slate • Apr. 10, 2019

But Dalí's interests went beyond eroticism and the human form, straying into memory, religion and even the world of science.

From BBC • Jul. 19, 2017

Dove’s famous “Campaign for Real Beauty,” which shot women of varying shapes and sizes in their underwear, can hardly be said to resound with eroticism.

From New York Times • Jul. 29, 2010

The lights were on, as usual, since Serena Joy always avoided anything that would have created an aura of romance or eroticism, however slight: overhead lights, harsh despite the canopy.

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood