autoerotism

(ôt′ō erə tiz′əm)

noun

  1. pleasurable sensations or tensions arising in the erogenous body zones without external stimulation
  2. self-initiated activity aimed at reducing sexual excitations, as in masturbation

Origin: auto- + erotism: coined by (Henry) Havelock Ellis

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See autoerotism in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. Self-satisfaction of sexual desire, as by masturbation.
  2. The arousal of sexual feeling without an external stimulus.

Related Forms:

  • auˌto·e·rotˈic (-ĭ-rŏtˈĭk) adjective

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