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autoerotic

[ aw-toh-i-rot-ik ]

/ ˌɔ toʊ ɪˈrɒt ɪk /

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adjective

producing sexual excitement or pleasure without association with another person or external stimulation.

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Origin of autoerotic

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

OTHER WORDS FROM autoerotic

au·to·e·rot·i·cal·ly, adverb

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How to use autoerotic in a sentence

The people of his auto-erotic novel Crash coil sex, death, and the motor car, a megadose of pleasure brew.
The Best Hot Reads of 2013|Nicholas Mancusi, Mythili Rao|December 30, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The people of his auto-erotic novel Crash coil sex, death, and the motor car, a megadose of pleasure brew.
This Week’s Hot Reads: Feb. 4, 2013|Jimmy So, G. Clay Whittaker, Tunku Varadarajan|February 4, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Michael Hutchence, the lead singer of INXS, allegedly died of an auto-erotic accident, as did Kung Fu star David Carradine.
Europe's Dangerous Sex Craze|Barbie Latza Nadeau|September 16, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Nor can it be consummated without leaving behind as useless a large number of the auto-erotic instinctive impulses.
A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis|Sigmund Freud

Even at the height of my "auto-erotic" period, I skillfully concealed my habits from all my boy friends.
Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 5 (of 6)|Havelock Ellis
Here, however, we are passing the frontiers of strictly auto-erotic phenomena.
Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 1 (of 6)|Havelock Ellis
No doubt there has been a tendency to exaggerate the unpleasant character of the auto-erotic phenomena of hysteria.
Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 1 (of 6)|Havelock Ellis
But the presence of such a repugnance, however invincible, is very far from carrying us outside the auto-erotic field.
Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 1 (of 6)|Havelock Ellis