erotic love
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Definition
- 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
- a deep feeling of sexual desire and attraction
- their love left them indifferent to their surroundings
- she was his first love