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Heteroerotic vs Alloerotic - What's the difference?

heteroerotic | alloerotic | Synonyms |

Alloerotic is a synonym of heteroerotic.



As adjectives the difference between heteroerotic and alloerotic

is that heteroerotic is sexual desire of or attraction to a person of the opposite gender while alloerotic is sexual desire of or attraction to another person of any gender.

heteroerotic

English

Adjective

(-)
  • sexual desire of or attraction to a person of the opposite gender
  • * 2005, James L. Miller, Dante & the Unorthodox: the Aesthetics of Transgression , Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press, page 216:
    • The heteroerotic topos of the lover's fascinated gaze, drawn irresistibly to the face and especially the eyes of his beloved, is not hard to discern behind the parodic cruising of the Thieves.

    Antonyms

    * homoerotic

    Related terms

    * analloerotic

    Derived terms

    * heteroeroticism

    References

    * 2007, Curt Boenheim, Introduction to Present Day Psychology , Read Books, page 59

    alloerotic

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • sexual desire of or attraction to another person of any gender
  • * 1999, Bruce Fink, A Clinical Introduction to Lacanian Psychoanalysis: Theory and Technique , Harvard University Press, page 66:
    • It is this loss of gratification—whether autoerotic or alloerotic (involving another person such as the mother)—that Lacan refers to as "castration."

    Synonyms

    * heteroerotic

    Antonyms

    * analloerotic

    Derived terms

    * alloeroticism

    References

    * 1990, Ray Blanchard, Betty W. Steiner, Clinical management of gender identity disorders in children and adults , American Psychiatric Press, page 63