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EROTICA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does erotica mean?
• EROTICA (noun)
The noun EROTICA has 1 sense:
1. creative activity (writing or pictures or films etc.) of no literary or artistic value other than to stimulate sexual desire
Familiarity information: EROTICA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Creative activity (writing or pictures or films etc.) of no literary or artistic value other than to stimulate sexual desire
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
erotica; porn; porno; pornography; smut
Hypernyms ("erotica" is a kind of...):
creation; creative activity (the human act of creating)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "erotica"):
child pornography; kiddie porn; kiddy porn (the illegal use of children in pornographic pictures or films)
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