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AMATIVENESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does amativeness mean?
• AMATIVENESS (noun)
The noun AMATIVENESS has 1 sense:
1. the arousal of feelings of sexual desire
Familiarity information: AMATIVENESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The arousal of feelings of sexual desire
Classified under:
Nouns denoting feelings and emotions
Synonyms:
amativeness; amorousness; eroticism; erotism; sexiness
Hypernyms ("amativeness" is a kind of...):
concupiscence; eros; physical attraction; sexual desire (a desire for sexual intimacy)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "amativeness"):
carnality; lasciviousness; lubricity; prurience; pruriency (feeling morbid sexual desire or a propensity to lewdness)
Derivation:
amative (inclined toward or displaying love)
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