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eroticize

American

[ih-rot-uh-sahyz] / ɪˈrɒt əˌsaɪz /

especially British, eroticise

verb (used with object)

to render or make erotic.

a painting eroticized with voluptuous figures and symbols.

eroticize British

/ ɪˈrɒtɪˌsaɪz /

verb

(tr) to regard or present in a sexual way

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eroticization

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Origin of eroticize

First recorded in 1910–15; erotic + -ize

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eroticized eroticizing

It gets easier as an adult, but even in the gay community, as bell hooks pointed out, masculinity is prized over femininity, the trappings and symbols of patriarchal power are sought after and eroticized.

From The Guardian ● May 25, 2016

And yet, as a product of the authority of religious morality, this eroticized occult could not, by definition, escape the very moral order it sought to evade, undermine, or destroy.

From Salon ● Mar. 8, 2014

You're not eroticizing him; his body is his character.

From Salon ● Jan. 25, 2023

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