eroticize

American  

[ih-rot-uh-sahyz] / ɪˈrɒt əˌsaɪz /

especially British, eroticise

verb (used with object)

eroticized, eroticizing

1. to render or make erotic.

   a painting eroticized with voluptuous figures and symbols.

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eroticize British  

/ ɪˈrɒtɪˌsaɪz /

verb

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

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Other Word Forms

• eroticization noun

Etymology

Origin of eroticize

First recorded in 1910–15; erotic + -ize

Example Sentences

The girls perform highly provocative and eroticized dance numbers while scantily clad.

From Fox News

I think of this as eroticizing reciprocity, and it goes beyond enthusiastic consent.

From New York Times

They include the masterpiece “The Dream” - a highly eroticized portrait of a sleeping Marie-Therese Walter, who was the artist’s mistress at the time.

From Reuters

“One can look back at those old Playboy pictorials and find that they eroticized the products surrounding the women as much as they eroticized the women,” Thompson said.

From Los Angeles Times

The Mexican romantic comedy of errors “Tales of an Immoral Couple” divides its time frame between the sexed-up flush of first passionate love and the strain of intrusive, eroticized nostalgia for those brash, younger days.

From Los Angeles Times