autoerotic

[ aw-toh-i-rot-ik ]

adjective

1. producing sexual excitement or pleasure without association with another person or external stimulation.

Other Words From

• auto·e·roti·cal·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of autoerotic¹

First recorded in 1895–1900; auto- ¹ + erotic

Example Sentences

He reflected that Julia could intoxicate herself with death, and that he had no such autoerotic sense.

From Project Gutenberg

Besides them there are other partial impulses which are active in an autoerotic manner.

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The sexual impulse of childhood is therefore objectless or autoerotic.

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Hitherto the sexual impulse has been preponderantly autoerotic; it now finds the sexual object.

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