heteroerotic

heteroerotic

English

Etymology

hetero- (“other”) +‎ erotic (“pertaining to sexual desire”)

Adjective

heteroerotic (not comparable)

1. sexual desire of or attraction to a person of the opposite gender
   • 2005, James L. Miller, Dante & the Unorthodox: the Aesthetics of Transgression, Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press, page 216:

     The heteroerotic topos of the lover's fascinated gaze, drawn irresistibly to the face and especially the eyes of his beloved, is not hard to discern behind the parodic cruising of the Thieves.

Antonyms

• homoerotic

Derived terms

• heteroeroticism
• heteroerotically

Related terms

• analloerotic

References

• 2007, Curt Boenheim, Introduction to Present Day Psychology, Read Books, page 59