AUTOEROTICISM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does autoeroticism mean? 

• AUTOEROTICISM (noun)
  The noun AUTOEROTICISM has 1 sense:

1. using you own body as a sexual object

  Familiarity information: AUTOEROTICISM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AUTOEROTICISM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Using you own body as a sexual object

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

autoeroticism; autoerotism

Hypernyms ("autoeroticism" is a kind of...):

sex; sex activity; sexual activity; sexual practice (activities associated with sexual intercourse)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "autoeroticism"):

masturbation; onanism (manual stimulation of the genital organs (of yourself or another) for sexual pleasure)

Derivation:

autoerotic (sexually satisfying yourself (as by masturbation))