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eroticize

[ ih-rot-uh-sahyz ]
/ ɪˈrɒt əˌsaɪz /
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verb (used with object), e·rot·i·cized, e·rot·i·ciz·ing.
to render or make erotic: a painting eroticized with voluptuous figures and symbols.
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Also especially British, e·rot·i·cise .

Origin of eroticize

First recorded in 1910–15; erotic + -ize

OTHER WORDS FROM eroticize

e·rot·i·ci·za·tion, noun

Words nearby eroticize

erotesis, erotetic, erotic, erotica, eroticism, eroticize, eroto-, erotogenesis, erotogenic, erotology, erotomania
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British Dictionary definitions for eroticize

eroticize

eroticise

/ (ɪˈrɒtɪˌsaɪz) /
verb
(tr) to regard or present in a sexual way

Derived forms of eroticize

eroticization or eroticisation, noun
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