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Recent Examples of eroticism But a film that’s primarily selling eroticism, packed with club beats and the occasionally homoerotic visual gag? Nate Jones, Vulture, 28 Jan. 2025 Mishima’s morbid eroticism gave his best novels their peculiar power. Ian Buruma, The New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2025 And there are more examples of eroticism in early Balkan folk vampire lore. Alissa Wilkinson, New York Times, 27 Dec. 2024 But that doesn’t mean that The Room Next Door is lacking in eroticism or tenderness. James Factora, Them, 20 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for eroticism
Recent Examples of Synonyms for eroticism
Noun
  • Her own relationship to religion forced her to contend with an inclination toward stifling (or at least judging) normal feelings of yearning and lust.
    Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2025
  • Then again, lust in music, art and literature is one of Vienna’s great gifts to the world.
    Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Sweeney has often expressed a desire to keep her personal and romantic life out of the public eye as her star status has grown in recent years.
    Tommy McArdle, People.com, 27 Mar. 2025
  • The desire just to make the playoffs actually delayed a long overdue rebuild.
    Max Bultman, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Kicking has turned into his new passion over the last few years.
    Steve Millar, Chicago Tribune, 29 Mar. 2025
  • Our Pause for Purpose curriculum is one example of an intentional step toward making a career change or pivot with passion and purpose.
    Laurel Donnellan, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025

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“Eroticism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/eroticism. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.

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