Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun plural Literature or art intended to arouse sexual desire.
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- noun
Erotic literature or art. - noun Sexual images or objects.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun creative activity (writing or pictures or films etc.) of no literary or artistic value other than to stimulate sexual desire
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Damnation Books, publishers of horror, dark fantasy, paranormals, thrillers, science fiction and dark-themed erotica, is giving away a 2nd book this week for folks who join their reader's list.
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Victorian erotica is pretty mindblowing, and I love the historical period.
Kathleen Dienne 2010
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Reading some good erotica is a great gauge for how sex can be written well – and it ticks all the boxes you mention.
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All these characters are full and complete, they have real lives just like anyone else, except that – like a lot of regular fiction – they have something fantastic happen to them, and in erotica it tends to be of a sexual nature.
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The characters were forgettable, and I got the impression they were written to be that way because who wants real, three-dimensional characters in erotica?!
TeeMorris.com » Blog Archive » Why I Like My Smut from New Zealand 2008
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I think erotica is always sexier with characters you love - that way you care about them when they get their ‘thang’ on.
TeeMorris.com » Blog Archive » Why I Like My Smut from New Zealand 2008
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Students of pornography can take heart, however, because more recent erotica is kept there thanks to its copyright library status.
Boing Boing 2008
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The characters were forgettable, and I got the impression they were written to be that way because who wants real, three-dimensional characters in erotica?!
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Anyway, it brings to mind the quote from Gloria Leonard – “The difference between porn and erotica is lighting”.
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Clearly marked erotica is the LEAST of your problems if you are a parent of a curious child.
The Sex Talk rabid1st 2003
ValentineBonnaire commented on the word erotica
In looking at the word map, none of these words really relate to Literary Erotica, per se. Some of them might be offshoots? Heterotica is of the sort one might find in D. H. Lawrence -- "Lady Chatterley's Lover." Sexuality between a man and a woman as shown in the novel.
February 16, 2013
ValentineBonnaire commented on the word erotica
Wordnet 3.0 is wrong in my opinion above. Throughout history all artists have depicted the nude. Tremendous artistic value! xxoo!
February 16, 2013
ValentineBonnaire commented on the word erotica
On the visuals below -- why are there so many motorcycles instead of the human form? ie: The Nude in classical art.
February 16, 2013
bilby commented on the word erotica
The photo pheed goes though a phamily phriendly philter.
February 16, 2013