nonerotica en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Germanic *ne Proto-Indo-European *ís? Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos Proto-Germanic *ainaz Proto-Germanic *nainaz Proto-West Germanic *nain Old English nān Middle English non ▲ Old English nān Old English nān- Middle English non- English non- Proto-Indo-European *h₁rem-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₁rém-e-tider.? Pre-Greekder.? Ancient Greek ἐράω (eráō) Ancient Greek ἔρως (érōs) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós) Ancient Greek ἐρωτῐκός (erōtĭkós)der. Latin erōticabor. English erotica English nonerotica From non- + erotica.
Meanings
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(uncountable) Items that are not erotica; art, etc. that is not intended as sexually arousing.
...highly erotic stimuli (pictures of intercourse, fellatio, and cunnilingus) were found to be no more arousing than nonerotica...
2002, Barrie Gunter, Media sex: what are the issues?:To the extent that being bored can be viewed as an aversive reaction, nonerotica can be considered to have induced a negative affective state.
1984, Neil M Malamuth, Edward I Donnerstein, Pornography and sexual aggression: