alloerotic

alloerotic

English

Etymology

allo- (“other”) +‎ erotic (“pertaining to erotic desire”)

Adjective

alloerotic (not comparable)

1. having erotic desire of or attraction to another person of any sex
   • 1999, Bruce Fink, A Clinical Introduction to Lacanian Psychoanalysis: Theory and Technique, Harvard University Press, page 66:

     It is this loss of gratification—whether autoerotic or alloerotic (involving another person such as the mother)—that Lacan refers to as "castration."

Synonyms

• heteroerotic

Antonyms

• analloerotic

Derived terms

• alloeroticism

References

• 1990, Ray Blanchard, Betty W. Steiner, Clinical management of gender identity disorders in children and adults, American Psychiatric Press, page 63