autoarousal

autoarousal

English

Etymology

auto- +‎ arousal

Noun

autoarousal (plural not attested)

1. Self-arousal, in particular:
   • 2016, Andrei Platonov, Fourteen Little Red Huts and Other Plays, Columbia University Press (→ISBN), page 58:

     Yevsei (takes a folder of papers and offers one sheet to stervetsen. Holding the folder open): Sign in receipt! stervetsen (signs, takes the paper, then reads): “Circularly. On the principles of autoarousal of enthusiasm.” We like that.

   1. Self-sexual arousal, the sexual arousing of oneself by oneself.
      • 2015, Alan S. Gurman, Jay L. Lebow, Douglas K. Snyder, Clinical Handbook of Couple Therapy, Fifth Edition, Guilford Publications (→ISBN), page 643:

        When she was comfortable with her body and with autoarousal, her husband was asked to attend some of the treatment sessions. Homework assignments, such as sensate focus, were prescribed to enhance verbal and nonverbal communication.

      • 2017, Waguih William IsHak, The Textbook of Clinical Sexual Medicine, Springer (→ISBN), page 260:

        These individuals are inhibited by partners' touch and/or may feel the need to please their partners due to the diminutive effect of partnered sex compared to autoarousal and ejaculation [84]. It has also been proposed ...

   2. The rousing of oneself to a physiological and psychological state of being awake or reactive to stimuli.
      • 1991, Stephen Pheasant, Ergonomics, Work and Health, Macmillan International Higher Education (→ISBN), page 142:

        Descending pathways from the cortex to the reticular formation are responsible for the stimulating (i.e. arousing) effects of mental activity, and for the process of autoarousal, whereby the well-motivated person may “will himself” to stay alert when fatigued, etc.