autoeroticism

American  

[aw-toh-i-rot-uh-siz-uhm] / ˌɔ toʊ ɪˈrɒt əˌsɪz əm /

Also autoerotism

noun

1. the arousal and satisfaction of sexual excitement within or by oneself, as by masturbation.

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autoeroticism British  

/ ˌɔːtəʊɪˈrɒtɪˌsɪzəm, ˌɔːtəʊˈɛrəˌtɪzəm /

noun

1. psychol the arousal and use of one's own body as a sexual object, as through masturbation

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Other Word Forms

• autoerotic adjective

Etymology

Origin of autoeroticism

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

Example Sentences

"The Rose Tattoo" exposed "the shadow of autoeroticism in his romantic desire."

From Los Angeles Times

So someone put "enjoys autoeroticism" as your Facebook status when you left your laptop unattended – it hardly carries the same tragic-comedic potential as the challenges of modern womanhood.

From The Guardian

But it is also a return to a sort of amplified autoeroticism, such as was yielded the sex impulse in its earliest satisfactions.

From Project Gutenberg

Because of the important rôle  which anal eroticism plays in our case we might speak more fully of this form of autoeroticism.

From Project Gutenberg

Her autoeroticism may have helped towards the production of phantasies and the general tendency to evasion of the realities of life.

From Project Gutenberg