autoeroticism

[ aw-toh-i-rot-uh-siz-uhm ]

noun

1. the arousal and satisfaction of sexual excitement within or by oneself, as by masturbation.

autoeroticism

/ ˌɔːtəʊˈɛrəˌtɪzəm; ˌɔːtəʊɪˈrɒtɪˌsɪzəm /

noun

1. psychol the arousal and use of one's own body as a sexual object, as through masturbation

Derived Forms

• ˌautoeˈrotic, adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of autoeroticism¹

First recorded in 1895–1900; auto- ¹ + eroticism

Example Sentences

But it is also a return to a sort of amplified autoeroticism, such as was yielded the sex impulse in its earliest satisfactions.

From Project Gutenberg