eroticize

especially British, e·rot·i·cise

[ih-rot-uh-sahyz]

verb (used with object)

eroticized, eroticizing 

1. to render or make erotic.

   a painting eroticized with voluptuous figures and symbols.

eroticize

/ ɪˈrɒtɪˌsaɪz /

verb

1. (tr) to regard or present in a sexual way

Other Word Forms

• eroticization noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of eroticize¹

First recorded in 1910–15; erotic + -ize

Example Sentences

“The structure of a not fully requited love was a familiar and even eroticized one for Baldwin,” Boggs writes, “and would come to fuel his art.”

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You start to learn that even the most innocuous-seeming parts of your body can be eroticized if someone decides they want them badly enough.

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In several of her portraits, Faustine sits or stands on a display box, reminding us of the way women like Baartman were simultaneously eroticized and dehumanized.

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“His clothes were fierce, with a power that was both militaristic and highly eroticized,” said Valerie Steele, director of the Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology.

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Even when he strategically frontloads the full-frontal at that beach getaway, his aim is less to eroticize than to normalize the sight of proudly, casually bared flesh.

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