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Heteroerotic vs Heteroeroticism - What's the difference?

heteroerotic | heteroeroticism |

As an adjective heteroerotic

is sexual desire of or attraction to a person of the opposite gender.

As a noun heteroeroticism is

the state or quality of being heteroerotic.

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

    heteroeroticism

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • The state or quality of being heteroerotic

    • Antonyms

    *autoeroticism *homoeroticism