Erotica Definition

ĭ-rŏtĭ-kə
noun
Literature or art intended to arouse sexual desire.
American Heritage
Pornographic books, pictures, etc., esp. of a stylish or sophisticated type.
Webster's New World

Erotic literature or art.

There's a fine line between erotica and pornography.
Wiktionary
Sexual images or objects.
The council was shocked by the "hideous images" spraypainted on the bridge, but the perpetrators insisted it was erotica.
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Origin of Erotica

  • From neuter plural of Latin eroticus (“amatory”), from Ancient Greek ἐρωτικός (erotikos).

    From Wiktionary

  • Greek erōtika from neuter pl. of erōtikos erotic erotic

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Erotica Sentence Examples

  • In addition to her research into digital games, she is a specialist in movie erotica.

  • But if erasing your valued collection of adult erotica is not for you, how about inviting your paramour into your perverted world?

  • Whereas erotica features a subject's genitalia or other bare private parts as the central focus of a photo, sensual female photography tastefully conceals the model's genitals and concentrates on positioning the subject in artful poses.

  • In addition to a wide variety of chat rooms (most containing highly explicit names related to their content), members can also post erotica short stories.

  • During his imprisonment he seems to have learnt to control his passions from their very exhaustion, for the early part of his confinement is marked by the indecent letters to Sophie (first published in 1793), and the obscene Erotica biblion and Ma conversion, while to the later months belongs his political work of any value, the Lettres de cachet, published after his liberation (1782).

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