There is a subtle difference between eroticism and pornography.
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Eroticism
Synonyms for "eroticism" (64 found)
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Closest matches (13)
Strong matches (19)
Related words (32)
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5 entriesSynonyms
1 entriesderived
3 entriesderived from
1 entriesis a
1 entriesrelated to
4 entriesTranslations
40 translations across 28 languages.
Belarusian
1 entries- эро́тыка noun (the state of being erotic, or of being sexually aroused)
Bulgarian
1 entries- еро́тика noun (the state of being erotic, or of being sexually aroused)
Catalan
1 entries- erotisme noun (the state of being erotic, or of being sexually aroused)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 性感 noun (the state of being erotic, or of being sexually aroused)
- 色情 noun (the state of being erotic, or of being sexually aroused)
Czech
1 entries- erotika noun (the state of being erotic, or of being sexually aroused)
Danish
1 entries- erotik noun (the state of being erotic, or of being sexually aroused)
Finnish
1 entries- erotiikka noun (the state of being erotic, or of being sexually aroused)
French
1 entries- érotisme noun (the state of being erotic, or of being sexually aroused)
German
1 entries- Erotik noun (the state of being erotic, or of being sexually aroused)
Greek
1 entries- ερωτισμός noun (the state of being erotic, or of being sexually aroused)
Hindi
1 entries- शृंगारिकता noun (the state of being erotic, or of being sexually aroused)
Irish
3 entries- anghrá noun (the state of being erotic, or of being sexually aroused)
- anghráchas noun (the state of being erotic, or of being sexually aroused)
- earótachas noun (the state of being erotic, or of being sexually aroused)
Italian
1 entries- erotismo noun (the state of being erotic, or of being sexually aroused)
Japanese
3 entries- エロ noun (the state of being erotic, or of being sexually aroused)
- エロティシズム noun (sexual excitement, especially if abnormally persistent)
- 好色 noun (the state of being erotic, or of being sexually aroused)
Korean
2 entries- 성욕 noun (the state of being erotic, or of being sexually aroused)
- 에로티시즘 noun (sexual excitement, especially if abnormally persistent)
Macedonian
1 entries- еротика noun (the state of being erotic, or of being sexually aroused)
Manx
1 entries- an-ghraaghys noun (the state of being erotic, or of being sexually aroused)
Norman
1 entries- érotisme noun (the state of being erotic, or of being sexually aroused)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- erotikk noun (the state of being erotic, or of being sexually aroused)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- erotikk noun (the state of being erotic, or of being sexually aroused)
Occitan
1 entries- erotisme noun (the state of being erotic, or of being sexually aroused)
Polish
4 entries- erotyka noun (the state of being erotic, or of being sexually aroused)
- erotyka noun (sexual excitement, especially if abnormally persistent)
- erotyzm noun (the state of being erotic, or of being sexually aroused)
- erotyzm noun (sexual excitement, especially if abnormally persistent)
Russian
2 entries- эро́тика noun (the state of being erotic, or of being sexually aroused)
- эроти́зм noun (sexual excitement, especially if abnormally persistent)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- eròtika noun (the state of being erotic, or of being sexually aroused)
- еро̀тика noun (the state of being erotic, or of being sexually aroused)
Slovak
1 entries- erotika noun (the state of being erotic, or of being sexually aroused)
Slovene
1 entries- erotika noun (the state of being erotic, or of being sexually aroused)
Spanish
2 entries- erotismo noun (the state of being erotic, or of being sexually aroused)
- erótica noun (the state of being erotic, or of being sexually aroused)
Ukrainian
1 entries- еро́тика noun (the state of being erotic, or of being sexually aroused)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
What characterizes love is desire, passion, eroticism.
Source: tatoeba (10654749)
There is a range of fantasies available to all of us in this culture. I think that everyone has a range of possibilities. Nevertheless, we all specialize; we all have preferences. A lot of people have those [sadomasochistic] fantasies cut ^([sic]) it isn't their primary eroticism, or even something they want to try.
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