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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

heteroerotic en · ADJ

Etymology

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

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Relating to heterosexual desire or attraction.
    • 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. 2005, James L. Miller, Dante & the Unorthodox: the Aesthetics of Transgression, Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press, page 216:

Antonyms

homoerotic

Deriveds

heteroerotica · heteroerotically · heteroeroticism

Relateds

bierotic · heterosocial · analloerotic