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autoeroticism

autoeroticism

1 9.9
Sexual pleasure you give yourself by touching your body
  • noun
  • /ˌɔːtoʊɪˈrɒtɪsɪzm/
  • NSFW
translation icon : autoerotismo
  • The concept of autoeroticism highlights how individuals can achieve gratification without needing a partner.

Examples

  • We may thus read this story in terms of autoeroticism.

    Academic text (1996)

  • "Still, if a certain amount of healthy, visually stimulated autoeroticism was okay, I also knew it would hurt her terribly if I ever had a real-life affair."

    Fiction book (1994)

  • The guy-with-a-car story even veers into autoeroticism as the vehicles are seen not simply as extensions of the men themselves but as objects of desire or as tools of autoerotic pleasure.

    Academic text (2014)

  • Many people explore their own bodies for sexual arousal through autoeroticism when they are alone.

  • Books and films often depict fantasies that include autoeroticism, reflecting personal exploration of pleasure.

Synonyms

self-abuse
vsautoeroticism
  • NSFW
2 9.9

The act of touching your own private parts for sexual pleasure

covers any self stimulation of the body not limited to manual genital acts
autoerotism
vsautoeroticism
  • NSFW
9.9

Sexual pleasure a person gives themselves by touching their own body without a partner

is the same meaning but differs as an alternative spelling
self-pleasure
vsautoeroticism
  • NSFW
8.7

Touching your own body to feel sexual pleasure

focuses on arousal achieved by stimulating the body not by another person
self-stimulation
vsautoeroticism
  • Offensive
8.2

To touch your own private parts to get sexual pleasure

refers more broadly to stimulation of the body not only genitals

Antonyms

intercourse
  • NSFW
89 7.8

Sex that involves a man's penis entering a woman's vagina

Surface Forms

autoeroticism singular
autoeroticisms plural

Morphology

autoeroticism = autoerotic (semi-transparent) = auto + erotic + ism

The noun is formed regularly from the adjective 'autoerotic' with '-ism', so the structural relation is clear even though the term is specialized.

Etymology

The word autoeroticism comes from auto- meaning 'self' and erotic meaning 'sexual desire'. So, autoeroticism is sexual arousal or pleasure a person gives to themselves rather than with another person.