eroticization
- noun
- /ɪˌrɒtɪsɪˈzeɪʃən/
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erotización
- Communities of gay men played an especially important role in promoting the idea of safe sex through the eroticization of a wide range of lower-risk sexual practices and prioritizing the use of condoms for anal sex.
Examples
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However, some scholars have argued that the early sixteenth century saw an "eroticization of vision," with an exponential growth in imagery that was explicitly created to arouse the viewer sexually, alongside a new erotic literature that drew on classical sources.
Academic text (2006) -
That is, viewers responded, perhaps unwittingly, to an overwhelming eroticization of the masculine that functioned as a kind of gay window advertising.
Academic text (2014) -
And he says there is this eroticization that's taking place.
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But it is altogether something else: it is an eroticization of willpower.
Academic text (1998) -
The phobia is not so much an eroticization of danger as of significance.
Academic text (1992) -
Ruth's longing to replace her large body with a small one is evidence of what Catherine MacKinnon has called the "eroticization of women's subordination."
Fiction book (1993) -
Tonight, the ladies perform a campy "Flesh" Gordon, relishing their lively eroticization of the original's plodding derring-do.
Fiction book (1993) -
Lady Booby is Joseph's employer, his parish overseer, and his potential lover, which leads to what Frank refers to as the "eroticization of labor" (167).
Academic text (2007) -
Although Goodman's concern is with the eroticization of letter paintings, she similarly finds a connection between this type of work and an experience of volupté, as described by Diderot in response to a work by Greuze.
Academic text (2015) -
The film's eroticization of romance captivated the audience, inviting them to view love in a sensual light.
Synonyms
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A quality that makes people feel sexual desire
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Presenting a person or thing in a sexual way that focuses on their body to attract attention
Treating someone as only a sexual object
A quality that makes people feel sexual interest
A feeling of sexual desire and excitement
Antonyms
How Sexualized
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Eroticization comes from erotic, which goes back to the Greek eros meaning 'love' or 'sexual desire', plus the ending -ization which means 'the act of making'. So, eroticization is the act of making something sexual or giving it a sexual meaning.