eroticize

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eroticize Meaning of "eroticize"

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Definition(s):

  • (v) give erotic character to or make more interesting

Usage(s):

  1. Chinese writers often eroticize the Mosuo as denizens of a lakeside love nest.
  2. Hollywood learned how to eroticize violence and forgot how to dramatize eroticism.
  3. He pummels your eye with wide-screen close-ups that eroticize violence and give a lurid threat to the sex.

Quotes

  • "We have to keep reminding people it's not pornographic - it's not a film that's meant to arouse," Mitchell told The Associated Press. "We try to de-eroticize the sex to see what kind of emotions and ideas are left over when the haze of...
    on Oct 4, 2006 By: John Cameron Mitchell Source: San Diego Union Tribune

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