erotism

1. 1.

   a state of anticipation of sexuality

   Synonymseroticism

   Broadersexual arousal
2. 2.

   the arousal of feelings of sexual desire

   Synonymsamorousnesseroticismsexinessamativeness

   Broadersexual desire

   Narrowerprurience

Other forms of erotism

plural

erotisms·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about erotism

What does erotism mean?

erotism means "a state of anticipation of sexuality". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in erotism?

erotism has 3 syllables: e-ro-tism. The stress falls on "e".

What is another word for erotism?

Close synonyms include eroticism, amorousness, eroticism, sexiness, amativeness. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is erotism a common word?

erotism is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.