Intimatopia
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A fantasy world that serves as an ideal setting for sexually charged relationships involving a high degree of sustained emotional intimacy. uncountable, usually
"The crucial difference between romantopia and intimatopia is that in intimatopia, intimacy is normally established before sexual interaction and is always maintained after it, whereas in romantopia, it is only established by sexual interaction and is frequently transitory."
Example
More examples"The crucial difference between romantopia and intimatopia is that in intimatopia, intimacy is normally established before sexual interaction and is always maintained after it, whereas in romantopia, it is only established by sexual interaction and is frequently transitory."
Etymology
Blend of intimate + utopia; originally coined by literary scholar Elizabeth Woledge in her essay "Intimatopia: genre intersections between slash and the mainstream" (2006) to describe the setting in a certain subset of slash fiction.
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