Definition

1. Noun:
   • A state of intense romantic and sexual attraction: "Erotic love" refers to a profound emotional and physical longing for another person, characterized by passion, desire, and infatuation. It emphasizes the sensual and sexual component of a romantic attachment.
   • The object of such desire: It can also refer to the person who is the focus of this intense amorous feeling.

Examples of Usage

• Noun:
  • Their relationship was built on a foundation of deep erotic love.
  • In the poem, he describes his erotic love for her as a consuming fire.
  • She was his first great erotic love, a passion he never forgot.

Advanced Usage

• In psychological or literary analysis: The term is often used to distinguish the passionate, desire-driven aspect of love from other forms like platonic love or familial love.
  • The novel explores the conflict between erotic love and spiritual devotion.

Variants and Related Words

• Erotic (adj): Relating to or tending to arouse sexual desire or excitement.
  • The film contained erotic imagery.
• Limerence (n): A psychological state of involuntary obsession with another person, often experienced as intense romantic desire.
• Passion (n): A strong and barely controllable emotion, often synonymous with intense erotic love.

Synonyms

• Passionate love: Love marked by strong feelings of romance and sexuality.
• Amorousness: The feeling of being in love; romantic passion.
• Infatuation: An intense but short-lived passion or admiration for someone.

Related Phrases

• To be in erotic love with someone: To experience this intense form of love for a person.
  • He found himself completely and helplessly in erotic love with her.

Related Idioms

• Burning love: An idiom describing love that is very passionate and intense, similar to erotic love.
  • Their burning love was obvious to everyone around them.

Noun

1. a deep feeling of sexual desire and attraction
   • their love left them indifferent to their surroundings
   • she was his first love