antierotic en · ADJ
Etymology
From anti- + erotic.
Meanings
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Opposing the erotic.
Gay sons thus exposed to shaming antierotic messages and punitive antierotic actions generally internalize the parental erotophobia to the point of imploding sexually by becoming self-homophobic.
2011, Martin Kantor, Now That You're Out: The Challenges and Joys of Living as a Gay Man, page 76:
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Contrary to the eros; sexually dampening or off-putting.
I have never shared his fantasy. The standard male images exalted by both gays and straights I find anti-erotic. Which isn't to say I'm never attracted by muscular men, only that I am by temperament a resolute anti-Platonist: I am not at all interested in ideal types, but rather individuals.
1984 December 29, Duncan Mitchel, “The Cult of Gay Machismo”, in Gay Community News, volume 12, number 25, page 9:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more antierotic | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most antierotic | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Relateds
Translations (1)
pt antierótico (opposing the erotic)