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nonerotica

nonerotica noun: items that are not erotica; art, etc. that is not intended as sexually arousing.

Noun

nonerotica (uncountable)

  1. Items that are not erotica; art, etc. that is not intended as sexually arousing.
    • To the extent that being bored can be viewed as an aversive reaction, nonerotica can be considered to have induced a negative affective state.1984, Neil M Malamuth, Edward I Donnerstein, Pornography and sexual aggression
    • ...highly erotic stimuli (pictures of intercourse, fellatio, and cunnilingus) were found to be no more arousing than nonerotica...2002, Barrie Gunter, Media sex: what are the issues?

Origin of nonerotica

From non- + erotica.

Questions about nonerotica

What does nonerotica mean?
Nonerotica means items that are not erotica; art, etc. that is not intended as sexually arousing.
What part of speech is nonerotica?
Nonerotica is a noun.

Words near nonerotica in the dictionary

  1. noneroding
  2. nonerosion
  3. nonerosional
  4. nonerosive
  5. nonerotic
  6. nonerotica
  7. nonerotically
  8. nonerratic
  9. nonerroneous
  10. nonerudite
  11. nonerupted

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