autoerotic [aw-toh-i-rot-ik] EXAMPLES|WORD ORIGIN adjective producing sexual excitement or pleasure without association with another person or external stimulation. Liberaldictionary.com
Origin of autoerotic First recorded in 1895–1900; auto-1 + erotic Related formsau·to·e·rot·i·cal·ly, adverb Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019 Examples from the Web for auto-erotic Contemporary Examples of auto-erotic
The people of his auto-erotic novel Crash coil sex, death, and the motor car, a megadose of pleasure brew.
Nicholas Mancusi, Mythili Rao
December 30, 2013
The people of his auto-erotic novel Crash coil sex, death, and the motor car, a megadose of pleasure brew.
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Jimmy So, G. Clay Whittaker, Tunku Varadarajan
February 4, 2013
Michael Hutchence, the lead singer of INXS, allegedly died of an auto-erotic accident, as did Kung Fu star David Carradine.
Barbie Latza Nadeau
September 16, 2011
Historical Examples of auto-erotic
Even at the height of my “auto-erotic” period, I skillfully concealed my habits from all my boy friends.
Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 5 (of 6)
Havelock Ellis
No doubt there has been a tendency to exaggerate the unpleasant character of the auto-erotic phenomena of hysteria.
Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 1 (of 6)
Havelock Ellis
But the presence of such a repugnance, however invincible, is very far from carrying us outside the auto-erotic field.
Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 1 (of 6)
Havelock Ellis
Such cases are not uncommon, and in some measure, no doubt, they may be accounted for by auto-erotic nocturnal hallucinations.
Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 1 (of 6)
Havelock Ellis
In classical days, doubtless, masturbation and all other forms of the auto-erotic impulse were comparatively rare.
Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 1 (of 6)
Havelock Ellis
Word Origin and History for auto-erotic adj.
1898, coined by Havelock Ellis from auto- + erotic. Related: Auto-eroticism.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper