SEXUAL DESIRE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sexual desire mean? 

• SEXUAL DESIRE (noun)
  The noun SEXUAL DESIRE has 1 sense:

1. a desire for sexual intimacy

  Familiarity information: SEXUAL DESIRE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SEXUAL DESIRE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A desire for sexual intimacy

Classified under:

Nouns denoting feelings and emotions

Synonyms:

concupiscence; eros; physical attraction; sexual desire

Hypernyms ("sexual desire" is a kind of...):

desire (the feeling that accompanies an unsatisfied state)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sexual desire"):

erotic love; love; sexual love (a deep feeling of sexual desire and attraction)

aphrodisia (a desire for heterosexual intimacy)

anaphrodisia (decline or absence of sexual desire)

passion (a feeling of strong sexual desire)

sensualism; sensuality; sensualness (desire for sensual pleasures)

amativeness; amorousness; eroticism; erotism; sexiness (the arousal of feelings of sexual desire)

fetish (a form of sexual desire in which gratification depends to an abnormal degree on some object or item of clothing or part of the body)

libido ((psychoanalysis) a Freudian term for sexual urge or desire)

lecherousness; lust; lustfulness (a strong sexual desire)

nymphomania (abnormally intense sexual desire in women)

satyriasis (abnormally intense sexual desire in men)

the hots (intense sexual desire)

 Context examples 

A disorder characterized by an increase in sexual desire.

(Increased Libido, NCI Thesaurus/CTCAE)

Sexual desire or the mental energy or emotion related to sex.

(Libido, NCI Dictionary)

International Index of Erectile Function (IIEF) Over the past four weeks how would you rate your level of sexual desire?

(IIEF - Rate Your Level of Sexual Desire, NCI Thesaurus)

International Index of Erectile Function (IIEF) Over the past four weeks how often have you felt sexual desire?

(IIEF - How Often Have You Felt Sexual Desire, NCI Thesaurus)

A disorder characterized by a decrease in sexual desire.

(Decreased Libido, NCI Thesaurus/CTCAE)

The lack of sexual desire is not attributable to another psychiatric disorder or to the physiological effects of substance use or a general medical condition.

(Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)

Increased sexual desire.

(Increased Libido, NCI Thesaurus)

Decreased sexual desire.

(Decreased Libido, NCI Thesaurus)