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erotica

erotica

17 8.0
Books, photos or films that show people having sex to make people feel sexual desire
  • noun
  • /ɪˈrɒtɪkə/
  • NSFW
translation icon : material erótico
  • After all, the typewriter girl was by this point a stock character in popular fiction and erotica.
  • exposure to erotica

OK, old school erotica about this dude.

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Examples

  • It's my personal collection of erotica.

  • I have, upstairs, the most unique collection of erotica.

  • OK, old school erotica about this dude.

  • A higher percentage of younger women used the internet to watch erotica than older women.

    Academic text (2006)
  • Stimulated by his dirty books, his collection of erotica, he decided which fantasy to act out in real life, didn't he?

    Fiction book (1995)
  • Slater was intrigued by erotica but was reticent to try it until now.

  • Her dissertation examines relations among explicit representations of sex in American postmodern fiction, queer erotica, and post-WWII sexual subcultures.

    Academic text (2017)
  • There is also zombie erotica, zombie science fiction, zombie Westerns, zombie Steampunk, and zombie just about everything else.

    Academic text (2010)
  • Text cybersex has been described as "coauthored interactive erotica," since it proceeds as a "purely textual activity" (Waskul 2007: 282).

    Academic text (2018)
  • Many readers enjoy exploring the themes of romance and intimacy found in erotica.

Synonyms

porn
vserotica
  • Offensive
341 5.2

Photos, films, or writing that show sex to make people want sex

can aim for art or literature rather than only arousal
pornography
vserotica
  • Offensive
138 7.2

Images and films that show sex and naked people to make people want sex

can focus on arousal through style or suggestion rather than explicit depiction
porno
vserotica
  • Offensive
126 8.0

Books, pictures or films made mainly to make people feel sexual desire

can instead intend some artistic or literary expression alongside arousal
smut
vserotica
  • Offensive
13 8.8

Words, pictures, or stories about sex that people find rude

is focused on creating sexual arousal rather than merely being indecent
adult movie
vserotica
  • NSFW
3 5.5

A film for adults that shows sexual scenes or explicit content

is defined by intent to arouse rather than by age suitability

How Sexual

pornography
  • Offensive
138 7.2
erotica
  • NSFW
17 8.0
sensuality
  • NSFW
20 6.8

Surface Forms

erotica singular
eroticas plural

Morphology

erotica = erotic (semi-transparent) = erotic + a

Formed from the adjective 'erotic' with the non-productive Greek-derived suffix '-a' producing a collective noun for erotic works; the meaning is closely related but the suffix is irregular in English.

Etymology

The word erotica comes from the Greek name Eros, meaning 'love' or 'sexual desire', and the ending -ica, which makes a word for a group of things, like the related word erotic. So, erotica are works made to excite sexual desire.