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erototoxin

/ɪˌɹɒtəʊˈtɒksɪn/

erototoxin noun: an addictive chemical said to be released in the brain from looking at pornography.

Noun

erototoxin (plural erototoxins)

  1. An addictive chemical said to be released in the brain from looking at pornography.
    • Judith Reisman of the California Protective Parents Association suggested that more study of "erototoxins" could show how pornography is not speech-protected under the First Amendment.2004 November 19, Ryan Singel, “Internet Porn: Worse Than Crack?”, in Wired, →ISSN
    • As we saw in the previous chapter, pornographic erototoxins always bypass cognition and speech, reaching the right brain instantly to trigger excitatory transmitters and to overcome inhibitory transmitter functions.2005, Ron Luce, Battle Cry for a Generation: The Fight To Save America's Youth, Colorado Springs: Cook Communications Ministries, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 99

Examples of erototoxin in a sentence

  • And the winner is...Sam Brownback, who considered spending more tax money to explore the “addictive,” “mind-altering,” porn poisons that one witness called “erototoxins.”2005 May/June, Jack Hitt, “The Diddly Award”, in Mother Jones, →ISSN:
  • Not Reisman: erototoxins aren’t about pleasure; they’re a “fear-sex-shame-and-anger stimulant.”2007 October 1, Mark Pilkington, Far Out: 101 Strange Tales from Science's Outer Edge, New York: The Disinformation Company, →ISBN, →LCCN...

Forms of erototoxin

pluralerototoxins

Origin of erototoxin

From eroto- + toxin.

Questions about erototoxin

What does erototoxin mean?
Erototoxin means an addictive chemical said to be released in the brain from looking at pornography.
How do you use erototoxin in a sentence?
And the winner is...Sam Brownback, who considered spending more tax money to explore the “addictive,” “mind-altering,” porn poisons that one witness called “erototoxins.”
What part of speech is erototoxin?
Erototoxin is a noun.
How do you pronounce erototoxin?
Erototoxin is pronounced /ɪˌɹɒtəʊˈtɒksɪn/.
What is the plural of erototoxin?
The plural of erototoxin is erototoxins.

Words near erototoxin in the dictionary

  1. erotophobic
  2. erotophonophile
  3. erotophonophiles
  4. erotophonophilia
  5. erotosexual
  6. erototoxin
  7. erototoxins
  8. erotylid
  9. erotylids
  10. ERP
  11. ERPC

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