heteroeroticism

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heteroeroticism /het·ero·erot·i·cism/ (het″er-o-ĕ-rot´ĭ-sizm)

1. sexual feeling directed toward someone of the opposite sex.

2. alloeroticism (1).

3. a stage in which the erotic energy is directed toward objects other than oneself, specifically to those of the opposite sex.heteroerot´ic

heteroeroticism

[het′ərō·irot′isiz′əm]

Etymology: Gk, heteros, different, eros, love

sexual feeling or activity directed toward another individual. Also called alloeroticism, alloerotism, heteroerotism. Compare autoeroticism.

heteroeroticism [het″er-o-ĕ-rot´ĭ-sizm]

1. sexual feeling directed toward another person, sometimes specifically one of the opposite sex.

2. alloeroticism (def. 1).

3. a stage in which the erotic energy is directed toward objects other than oneself, specifically to those of the opposite sex. adj. adj heteroerot´ic.

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